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June 20 IV [[in margin, circle, with cross hatching, "87" written above , two ticks]] ♂ joins ♀ n.a.d. 4:52 [[✓ = pen tick over observations. ʳ = an additional tick in red pencil]] [[in margin, pencil circle, with bar]] LTT✓✓ʳ.OLTT✓✓ʳ. LTT✓✓- [[underline]] V✓ before✓ attack - [[/underline]] - [[underline]] V✓ after✓ attack [[/underline]] P✓.P✓ [[underline]] Moan✓ before✓ retreat [[/underline]] [[underline]] V✓-HF✓ during retreat [[/underline]] M✓-Ch✓-V✓-PAG✓-V✓-PAG✓-V✓ M✓-Ch✓-V✓-V✓-HF✓-V ✓ [[underline]] V✓ before attack [[/underline]] - [[underline]] V✓ after attack [[/underline]]- [[underline]] Bird in V✓ʳ attacked [[/underline]]-[[underline]] V before✓ retreat [[/underline]] - [[underline]] V after✓ retreat [[/underline]]-Ch✓.Ch✓.V✓.V✓.HF✓ P✓.P✓.P✓.P✓.LTTʳ✓.P✓.LTT✓ʳ✓.LTT✓ʳ✓.P✓.P✓.P✓.L✓.L✓ʳ.L✓.P✓.P✓.P✓.P✓.P✓.P.✓P✓. P✓.P✓ Panic 4:54 Why? Breaks up fairly rapidly. [[in margin, red asterisk; circle, with cross hatching, "88" written above , two ticks]] ♂ relieves ♀ ♂ does TT - attacks ♀ - ♀ does M-V-HF-V [[in margin, pencil circle, with bar]] [[underline]] TT✓ʳ after being attacked [[/underline]] [[underline]] V✓ after attack [[/underline]] P✓.P✓.P✓.P✓.M✓ [[underline]] M✓ before attack [[/underline]] -[[underline]] M✓ after attack [[/underline]] [[underline]] V✓ during retreat V✓. OLTT✓✓✓ʳ.LTT✓✓ʳ.LTT✓✓ʳ.V✓. [[underline]] LTT✓✓ʳ before attack [[/underline]]-[[underline]] bird in V✓ʳ attacked [[/underline]] - [[underline]] V after✓ being attacked [[/underline]] LTT✓✓ʳ.LTT✓✓ʳ [[doodle line down margin]] Ring-bill Gulls, as contrasted with Franklin's, tend towards the static tug-of-war methods of fighting. [[image - sketch of two gulls head to head, fighting]] Bills interlocked. Or, more frequently, one bird pulling the wing-tip of the other. Getting slightly cooler now. [[in margin, cross hatch doodle and two !!]] Trace of mantle feathers being raised during OLTT. Now dull again, for awhile 5:15 [[drawn square, cross within]] lTT.LTT.OLTT.OLTT.LTT.TT.LTT.OLTT.LTT.TT.TT.TT.TT.LTT.TT.OTT.TT.TT.TT
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