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Maelan
1966
winds blowing over So. Salt Lagoon (W)
and Family Lagoon and Voth Road (E.).
I convinced her (easy to do - she was
looking for encouragement) to move nests
c. 1 mile farther up the Voth Road,
to a moderately polygonal area where
wind blows across fresh turnara.
This means dis- and re-assembling the
nest frame, but this was not much
of a problem. New area has several
nests to be found; marked a 4 egg
long spur for her to check, semi-pal
around nests was scolding us, baird's
farther down the polygon. Good
area - hope she appreciates it.
Watched birds for a while,
then returned, ate and sacked
out for a while. Then, finally,
picked up masonite strips and went
out to change strips in tanglefoot
traps. A cold, strong wind was
blowing, making job a bit difficult.
Tanglefoot would not squeeze out of
the tube when cold, and my hands
were not at their functional best.
Next time - prepare the strips before
going out.
After dinner wrote notes and