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April 26 IV [[in margin next to this paragraph: 2 exclamation marks and blue shading]] Interesting, one of these fights. Pair land ♂ does U. ♀ does U-FB Then they started attack neighbor. Much U-ing and HF's, orientated vis a vis one another. ♀ FB ends. (♂ may have also, but I'm not sure). Then ♂, facing ♀, begins deep, hoarse, rhythmic copulation call; mouth very wide open. Mounts. Slips off immed. Both U. [[underline]] OLO after² attack O¹⁷.U¹⁸.O. before⁹ attack O before¹⁰ attack O before¹¹ attack U after⁴ attack [[/underline]] [[ !! in margin ]] Mutual U-HF after unsuccessful copulation attempt. OLO. OLO. OLO. OLO. OLO.O¹⁸. OLO⁵. [[underline]] U after⁵ attack [[/underline]] O¹⁹. OLO. OLO. [[underline]] U after attack [[/underline]] 3:15 OLO. OLO. OLO. OLO⁵⁷. O.O²¹. [[3 shaded blue squares in margin]] Three cases mutual combing ♂ U-HF ♀ U-FB 3:25 Tuesday April 27 5:40 a.m. Cold and strong wind. Overcast. Gulls just flying by. Probably going to be a very bad day, in all senses. OLT [[underline]] U before attack¹ U after attack¹ [[/underline]] [[shaded grey square in margin]] MC of ♂, ♀ U-HF - FB- FB- PAT ♀ landed first, alone, joined by ♂ who gave Long Call as he came down. Afterwards both relax, start to preen. Very cold 6:40 OT. OLT. OLT. U. [[squiggle underline]]OLT¹[[/squiggle underline]]. [[underline]] OT¹ after attack [[/underline]] OLT⁵. OLT⁶. 10:40 [[underline]] U before² attack U after² attack [[/underline]] U².U³. HF OLT⁷. OLT⁸ OLT⁹. U⁸.U. 1:00 p.m. [[squiggle underline]] OLT. OLT. OLT. OLT⁵. [[/squiggle underline]] OT. OLT. T¹.T². U.U.U³. OLT². OLT³. OLT⁴. [[underline]] OLT before¹ attack U after³ attack [[/underline]] Bird in[[underline]] OLT attacked U after being attacked [[/underline]] U⁴
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