Howell, T.R. 1949 S.v. daggetti Crowder Flat, 5200 ft, 38 mi. NNW of Alturas, Modoc Co., Calif. June 19 (cont'd.) 7:28 - n. to nest, several squks, looks in, d. out, n. feeds twice, in. 7:32 - d to nest, looks in, n. out with a squk, d. in. Lord taps - within nest? 7:38 - d>n to nest, squks, d. out, d>n feeds, in, cleans nest, then down to thicket. 7:44 d>n to nest, in, cleans nest, back, in. Now d. to nest, squks+ looks in, to above nest, taps, to nest, in, out, back in. Tapping. Young quiet. The tapping in the nest continued until 8:03 P.M. I waited until 8:07 P.M., by which time it was too dark by the nest to see anything, and all the birds were silent except a few Robins up on the plateau where it was fairly light, and the Nighthawks. As far as I can tell, d>n and d. were both on the nest, which increases my suspicion that they are both fs (later proved wrong) Probably the tapping, which I heard in the afternoon also but hesitated to record as coming from the nest, is serving to enlarge the cavity to fit the growing family. The oldest young in this nest are 11 days old. June 20 - 3:47 A.M at #7 - too dark to see nest, but no sound from it. 4:00 A.M. - skies lightening, but light clouds in the east. 4:12 - d>n to nest from small pines 15 yds away; looks in and gives (or elicits) long series of whining squks, finally goes in, 4:14. Squks continue until 4:18 - d>n looks out several times, back in. 4:19 - n. to branch by nest, squks, d>n out, then d. out; n. several looks in, goes in, out to pine 5yds away, back to below nest to nest, in. Clouds in East are orange now,