Howell, T.R. 1949 S.v. daggetti Crowder Flat 5200 ft, 38 mi. NNW of Alturas, Modoc Co., Calif. June 26 (cont'd.) dzn [illegible] from W, 1 feeds, off to S, 5:00 A.M. I leave, just as d. again comes up, feeds, cleans nest. At 4:10, the sky was quite light; all the stars had faded except a few bright ones near the horizon, Robins and Pewees and Empidonax flycatchers had been calling since 3:30 A.M. 6:12-A.M.-at #1-nzd from W, 2 feeds, to W. The young are noisy but do not have their heads out; it is still chilly by my standards, though. 6:15-same, 1 feed. Young now silent. 6:16-same, but 3 feeds, off to E. Brief noise from young, silence, then faint cries or none. 6:18-same as 6:12, but 4 feeds. Young now keeping up constant faint cries. Sun at E. edge of nest. 6:20 nzd from W, 3 feeds, few yds. to N, then off to SE. 6:22-nzd from E, 3 feeds, off to W. Nzd has to put its whole head in too feed. 6:24-nzd from W, 2 feeds, to E. 6:26-same, but from E; scream, 2 feeds, to W. From now on I shall omit the "nzd" part unless, of course, d. appears again. 6:29-from N, 2 feeds, to asps few yds N, then to W. 6:32-from W, 2 feeds, to W. Sun now on nest. 6:33-same, but 3 feeds. 6:35-same, but 1 feed. 6:37- from asps few yds N (N asps from now on), I scream, to nest, 1 feed, pause, back to N asps, over about 20 yds E. 6:38-from E, feeds, to W. Young noisier. 6:40-from W, 1 feed, to W. 6:42-same. 6:44-same. 6:46-same, young lunged head out. 6:47-same, no lunge. 6:48.5-from W, 1 feed, lunge, to N asps, flycatches, to E. 6:50; from E, 1 feed, no lunge, to W. 6:52 tattoos from NW. 6:52.5-same as 6:50; tattoos continue. 6:56-same, but 2 feeds. Tattoos have stopped. 6:58- from W, 1 feed, to N asps, to S. asps, to E, over to W. Young noisier yet. 7:02-from W, 2 feeds, to W. Son shifted Ed nest. 7:01.5-from W, 1 feed, to NE. 7:02-to N asps, to nest, 1 feed, to E. 7:03-across to W.