Howell, T.R. 1949 S.v. daggetti Crowder Flat, 5200 ft., 38mi. NNW of Alturas, Modoc Co, Calif. June 23 - At #1, 8:30 A.M. - 4 visits + feeds from between 8:30 and 8:34, while I am getting settled. Cries of young loud, audible at least 40yds away. 8:36 n>d from W, feeds, off to W. 8:37 - n>d from E, 1 feed, off to E. 8:39 - bird from W, feeds, off. 8:39.5 - same-n>d. 8:40- some. 8:41, same, 2 feeds. 8:43- same. 8:44-same. 8:47-same 8:49-same 8:50-same. 8:50.5 same. 8:51same 8:51.5 same. 8:52-same. 8:55-same. 8:57.5 - same, but 2 feeds. 9:01- same. 9:02- same but 1 feed. 9:04-same, 2 feeds. 9:07same, 1 feed 9:09-same. 9:12- same, 3 feeds. 9:16-same, 1 feed 9:18-same, 2 feeds. 9:19 - 1 feed. 9:22-same, 9:24-same. 9:26.5-same. 9:29- same, 2 feeds. 9:30-same, 1 feed. 9:31 same. 9:35,same, 2 feeds. 9:37: same, 1 feed. 9:39-same, 2 feeds 9:41.5-same. 9:43-same 9:45-same 3 feeds. 9:48, same, 1 feed. 9:52-same. 9:53-same, 2 feeds, 9:55-same. 9:57-same. 9:58-same. 10:06.5-same, 4 feeds. Between 10:08 and 10:15 I went to the area where n>d goes usually on leaving the nest. About 75yds W. of the nest I saw n>d come and go 3 times from a group of small pines and mt. mahogany. N>d seems to be carrying on alone still, and most of the food-gathering is from the west side. 11:15 - at #11; between 11:15 and 11:25 there were 3 feedings, and the parent(s) did not go in. At 11:25, 28, 29, 31, and 11:33 a parent visited; different ones alternated. Both are typical d., or almost so. One has a small white post-ocular stripe that makes it easy to tell them apart. yesterday I made some underestimates - the tree is about 12 in. thick, and the nest about 11 ft up, or about the same height as #7. Judging by the calls of the young, the rapidity of the feeding and the fact that the parents are not going in the nest, I would say that the young are about 20 days old.