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Eared grebe 12-6-4-8-12-7 Coot 2-2-2-2-2-3 Redhead 1-5 Gadwall 7 Yellowthroat 1 Song sparrow 6 Bluebill 3 Gadwall 7 Mallard 3 Yellowhead 28 Spoonbill 1 Ruddy 1 Cinnamon Teal 1 Greenwinged Teal ♀ Coot 11 eared grebe 5-20 White-crowned sparrow Pinon Jay Brewer's sparrow Cinnamon Teal ♂ 5 Wn Vesper sparrow ViG. Swallow Green tailed Towhee Savanna Sp White throated Swift Yellowhead ♂ [[strikethrough]] 1098 [[/strikethrough]] 12100 Crow Raven Night Heron Pine Siskin Wn Redstart [[strikethrough]] larger, smaller bill, darker [[?]] coloration. ♂ with blue of upper parts deeper, black of lower more intense. [[/strikethrough]] Song sp. nest in [[sage?]]. 50 feet from lake shore. Coot eaten by [[some varmint?]] (bird) [[checkmark]] [[?]] [[Starling?]] in protected Bays Ducks coming in to feed on it. ♂ coot continually drives [[?]]. Cinnamon Teal who are trying to [[feed?]]. Teal escape by rises & flying a few feet. [[checkmark]] Pied billed grebe both dive then rise to splatter off across water for 100 feet. ♂ in pursuit of female & 10 feet behind. Make thin calls, Secures a length of a [[green Scirpus?]] [[?]] 15 inches long & swims about with going to the rushes & diving with it still in mouth. A few minutes later I hear male call and see him 150 feet away with female. Both swim toward one another with head & neck straight up. When a foot apart they stop & then swing half around presenting tails & nearly touching. At the same time turning [[strikethrough]] tail [[/strikethrough]] head alertly from side to side. Male holds wing tips partly raised, back feathers elevated and feathers of sides of head slightly puffed out. They turn and pause at 10-15 second intervals for nearly 10 minutes. The male being more regular than the female in movement. Both turn to right [[alternatively?]] presenting face & tail but always turning