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Crowder Flat, 5200ft, 38mi. NNW of Alturas, Modoc Co., Calif.
June 30 (cont'd.) - 7:59 A.M. - B to nest, sits at entrance, looks
at it and looks around; over to branch, hitches down,
taps. Silent. 8:06- adult scream NW of nest. 9:08- yelps,
cheeps of young (not from nest). 8:15-more yelps; as I
walk toward nest, B comes to nest tree, starts screaming.
From the S. asps (10yds S.) a young bird flutters out across
75yds to big pines to the NW - same place one went yes-
terday. Now both A and B up, screaming at me; A has
insect food, B perhaps plant food. Both fly to W, after
working around the usual perching places - branch by
nest, asp 6ft away, small dead asp. 8:22-now A
back to branch by nest, screams at me, taps, preens;
goes to nest, looks at entrance, back to branch. 8:25- B
from E., with insects; both scream; squks; A to E.; B
still screaming, undoubtedly at me, goes to nest, looks at
it, head not in; over to asp, continues screaming. Ants
and flies at nest entrance. Juv. flickers in the asps are
ignored. Now B over to W, few more screams. 8:37-About
100yds W- screams, yelps, cheeps- young being attended
close by - I saw adult but couldn't see young. 8:42-
same. 8:50 - More of same noises-now I see B feed
a young bird about 8 ft up in a juniper -then B
to mt. mahog. close by, works. 8:53 -Yelps from
near #6- maybe young are out there; I had better
go and see. As I go, A comes up a few feet away,
screams at me without dropping the insects in its bill.
9:00 A.M.-at #6 - 9:01- young in nest are fed; loud cheeps,
heads in and out. 9:04 d. from E., I feed, to f. asp, off.
9:05-dzn to f. asp, then out of sight; 9:08-d. to f.asp,
to nest, I feed, to E. Much mt.mahogany to E.