Field notes, v1364
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Howell, T.R. 1749 S. v. daggetti 69 Crowder Flat, 5200 ft., 38 mi. NNW of Alturas, Modoc Co., Calif. June 10 (cont'd.) several looks in, squeezes in. 7:02- n. out, right by nest, back in again. when n. does this, he comes out head first, hangs on to the nest-hole rim with one foot, pivots to his left, in a semi-circle, so that he comes right-side-up just below the nest. 7:07- a new bird, an n> d., comes up 15 yds away, faps, over to nest tree, squks, looks in holes below nest, more squks—d>n looks out, immediately comes out and drives the stranger away—both go out of sight. 7:09- loud squks across meadow. 7:14- d>n must have come back in; n. to nest, squks, to branch by nest, to nest, squks. d. to asp 5 ft away, with beak full of food. d. to branch by nest, squks, d to nest, n. aside. Dzn comes out, [illegible] n. in. d. to nest, squks, n. out slowly, something in beak. d. in with food, n. to below nest, eats what it had. 7:16- n. to nest, in. Now a bird, I am not sure which, leaves nest area. Must have been d.; 7:20, d. to nest with food, squks, n. out to dead asp d. in. 7:28- n. to nest, squks, d. out, n. in. Now d>n comes from across meadow, to nest with food, (I think), squks, n. out, d>n looks in several times squeezes in. 7:38—d. b nest with food, squks, several looks in, in. Now