Howell, T.R. 1949 S. v. daggetti 147 Crowder Flat, 5200 ft, 38 mi NNW of Alturas, Modoc Co., Calif. June 28 (cont'd.) screams, yelps from both places, interspersed with silence, 5 mi. silence - one 2/3 out twice, pulls back in - loud cheeping. 11:31- W-1-W. 11:33-same 11:35 same; more 2/3 outings, cheeps+ screams, 11:39. W-1,-N-2 stops on way. 11:42-N-1, N, 1 stop. 11:55-W-1-W; #2 pops out, flies to the 15 yd. W. pine, screams; picks, scratches. Another head out of the hole, cheeping. 11:57-n>d from W to the pine, with food, squiks, to nest -1-dark to the pine above #2, much x-wise, squiks. #2 preens screams; almost invisible from back - about 12 ff up. 12:07-#2 to a small pine 10-15 ft away, taps, screams. #2 flies and hitches well - better than #1 did. Now about 8 ft up. 12:1-W-1-W; #2 ignored. #2 still hitching about, picking or tapping, screaming. 12:14-W-1-N+E - squk- to nest - to #2's tree, low, starts up, off to W. No yelps, etc. 12:21-W-1-N. asp.-E. Both 1 +2 quiet Now squaking - n>d from E, flutters around, over to where #2 last in sight. 12:28-W-1-N; I have been up looking around, and n>d comes up and screams at me. I think I will see more sitting quietly in one spot. 12:30 W-1-W 12:33 -W-1-? 12:35-W-1-N; W. 12:37 W-1-N asp, to 15 yd. pine - screams from #2?-to farther W, yelps-W'. Both 1 and 2 have almost pure sooty heads, but this #3 peking its head out has a distinct white post-ocular stripe. 12:48-W-1-N.asp-W. 1:20 - back at nest #1- #3 or one like it has head out, not very noisy. Cloudy but hot. other birds of all sp. quiet. 1:22?-1-W. 1:25- W-1-W. 1:31- #3 screams, "answered" by screams from where #2 last seen. Now 3 cheeps violently. 1:34-W-1- 40 yds sw. 1:44 - to 15yd pine, screams, to N. asps, screams, to nest, screams, I feeds, to W, screams. All quiet but a chickadee and the young saps. cheeping. No sound from 1 and 2, or n>d.