Howell, T.R. 1949 S.v. daggetti 167 Crowder Flat, 5200ft., 38mi. NNW of Alturas, Modoc Co., Calif. July 1 (cont'd) - 10:45 - at #14; d. to nest, feeds once, below it, picks, up to nest, in, cleans it; 10:49 dsn to nest, I feed, to mt. mahogonies in E. 10:52 d. to nest, in, cleans it, in a long glide as before and as #12 does. 10:54 - d. to below nest, hitches up and around it; now dsn to nest, squks, d. off, dsn feeds once, then away. The young are cheeping loudly but no heads are out. 10:57- dsn to nest, I feed, away. 11:00 - d. to nest feeds, pauses, off to W, yelps. Screams from young in nest. 11:08 - d. to nest, in; 11:11.5-dsn to nest, squks, d. away, dsn feeds 2-3 times, away. one feeding between 11:00 and 11:08, while I was chasing after the yelps, of which I heard several just before 10:45. The screams of the young would put their age at about 24 days, but it seems unusual for a parent to go in the nest so often, as d. does, at that stage. 11:28-at #12- silent, no heads out. 11:33-I notice d. up by nest, preening. D. flies around a little back to nest tree, about 3/8 way up, preens, taps. 11:37-dsn up from asps to pine 25-30 yds from nest tree; has food (insects) in beak; goes to a young bird, feeds; faint cheeps; dsn sees me, screams; d. frm nest tree, also screams; one goes across meadow; 11:47 more sounds of young being fed- I see dsn feeding a young 3 ft up in an asp 50 yds from nest; d. about 15 yds away. The mottled black-and-white young is beautifully camouflaged against the black-and-white aspen trunk. 11:52- now an adult again feeds the young one in the pine; it cheeps, adult quiet. It is about 40 ft up. 11:57-another feeding of young- d. participates; adults quiet, young cheep softly.