Field notes, v569
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Cogswell 1950 Spizella passerina 4 Aug. 16 (cont'd) parent then flew (from across pool) & fed it. 10:46 3/4- adult back in cottonwood (a 6 ft. hi. tree). 10:47 - adult flew back across pool to thicket near young, which still gives food call twice per second. Back across pool again. 10:47 3/4 - adult back across pool to alders near young , carrying orange caterpillar; but flew away from young again still carrying it. 10:48 1/2- adult back on W side of pool (near young) 10:48 3/4 - " " E 10:49 - " " W & immediately E again 10:44 1/2 - " fluttering back & forth across pool several times, apparently trying to coax young one farther E. (a fence across pool, where it is incapable of flying). 10:50 - adult back W -> E again. 10:50 1/4- " " 10:52 1/2 adult flew away to NE across alder thicket. observers cannot see young. [above notes , copied from field record kept by mrs. Chilton as I watched] [my original record of the observations as continued thereafter follows:]