Journal 35 R.E. Johnson 1968 May 26 Anchitka Island, Alaska (cont.) as if to see if I were really gone. I continued on to the nest site found May 24 in the bldg south of South Hanger. I set up a blind of old doors & boxes, checked the nest & found the female off the nest & the young now grown & covered with feather quills bursting with new feathers. I returned to the new blind & waited. The birds were absent from 10:50 to 11:07 AM when I heard a chirp outside. At 11:08 a bird entered & fed the young, at first apparently not noticing me. Then suddenly I was spotted & the bird flew toward me chirping. From then on one or two birds chirped continually & flew from perch to perch in the building. Later only one bird chirped (the q?), then the q returned & the male appeared to try to chase her away each time she approached. He would rush her & push her away, not with the vigor of fighting but the intention was clear. This happened at least 8 times before 11:50 AM. At 12 noon it appeared the chirping would never end & the young would never be fed while I remained, so I left. Explored the rooms & some of the rafters of the South Hanger. A sextet of rose finches followed me through the rooms on the second floor south side/side near the bldg where I had been watching the nest) implying nests somewhere near. Nests could have been in the