Howell, T.R. 1949 S. v. daggetti Crowder Flat, 3200 ft., 38 mi. NNW of Alturas, Modoc Co., Calif. June 25 (cont'd). - 7:24 P.M.; at #3 - 7:25 - A from E, I feed, to branch, off; screams at me, I believe. 7:26 - B from E, I feed, pauses to N. asps, screams once. 7:30 - A from E to asp, screams, to nest u.r., feeds, off screaming. 7:31 - B from NE, to nest, feeds, to branch by nest, sits screaming. [A doe is snuffing loudly nearby]. B to N. asp, screams on. Now to E, 5 yds from me, perches upright in sage 18" from ground, screams. Off to E. The light is now beginning to fade - 7:35. Some big cumulo-nimbus have come up in the north-west, and there is distant thunder. The clouds have turned yellow. 7:37 - Both by nest, one on asp, other on branch. A to nest from branch, feeds once, back to it, whets bill. There is half-scream-half-squking. I do not see B now. A preens on branch; 7:41, off to E. Light is definitely fading. 7:45 - young suddenly silent; other birds, such as wrens, still noisy; it is not dark. 7:48 - I suddenly notice A at the asp, preening. now to nest u.r., feeds once, off to 20 yds E., screams. At same time B appears at branch, squks; B to N asps, tops, now out of sight, 7:50. Young noisy when parents at nest, silent now. Green-tailed Towhees still singing. 7:52.5 - B from N asps to base of nest tree; now to nest, in; whines from young, then silence. B has its head part out of the nest, looking. 7:55 - I think the head is withdrawn, but it is dark at hole. 7:58 - faint tapping in nest. 8:00 P.M. - Tapping ceases. 8:03 - all birds quiet but Pewees and Robins. 8:05 - all quiet. 8:12 - dark at nest; I leave. Sky still light, no stars out. 8:17 - a Robin sings from a treetop; Nighthawks are calling. The heat lightning and thunder in the northwest continues, but does not seem to affect the birds.