Howell, T.R. 1949 20 S.v. daggetti Crowder Flat, 5200 ft., 38 mi. NNW of Alturas, Modoc Co., Calif. May 26 (cont'd.) comes out to small aspen 10 yds away, tosses chips from bill. Returns, bobs in hole 2 ft below chosen one, goes back in nest hole. Hairy feeding young in nest 2 ft high in dead aspen 30 yds away, towards #1. 5:00 - 5:30 P.M. - Occasional faint tapping from in hole. 5:40 - a daggetti's n. (head stripes) came in from at least 50yds away, did not go to hole but to nearby branch. More tapping, insistent now, from inside hole. 2nd bird away. 5:49 P.M. 8 Bird looks out - comes out - stays right by hole - shakes, whets bill - 5:50 - back in. 5:59 - tapping in hole - continues until 6:01. 6:06 male returns, n in small aspen close by, now in nest tree. Tapping inside. To another close tree. 6:08 Bird in hole looks out, 6:10 - Bird out, to mate. Both squawk, go off. 6:13. One in pine 30yds away. 6:15 comes near, seems disturbed at my presence. Fidgets around from tree to tree and branch to branch. 6:35 - still very nervous, having screamed about 73 times. To hole several times, usually screaming there and twice squawking, but never in. I am only 20 yds away, quiet but in plain sight. I decide to leave rather than distress the bird any more.