Field notes, v1379
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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.