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Journal
27
R.E. Johnson
1968
May 24 Anchitka Island, Alaska (cont.)
I waited from 1:15 PM until 1:50 for the adult to return.
It landed in an old window & chirped for 15 minutes, then
flew outside, then returned again, being reluctant to
go into the nest while I was present.
The nest is on a ledge [illegible] 6 x 24 inches with a
wall behind & 2x6 inch stand on either end. A front
lip is provide by a 6inch board which forms the top
rung of a ladder nailed to the wall & reaching
up 20 ft, the ht of the nest from the floor. The
nest was clean, circular, and fashioned of grass,
not dissimilar to those I'd found in Montana except
that this one is larger to match the larger race of
bird here. At 2:10 PM a second adult appeared in
another window & chirped. The 1st adult flew closer
to the nest. Now an occasional peep was heard from
the young. It was not possible to tell which
adult was the Female because the adults of this
race differ only slightly & this degree of difference could
not be told with the present back-lighting. Both adults
moved close to the nest & one into it. I can't be sure if the
second one also entered the nest. I could not see actual
feeding of the young but I presume it occurred even though it was
done more quietly than any I'd previously witnessed among
rory finders. Both adults flew out of the ldg & landed while
chirping, apparently still in response to my presence. Outside
I could distinctly verify that one was a male & the other a
female. I left at 2:15 PM.