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[[underline]] inca [[/underline]], Nov 15, 1955, I.

[[left margin]] [[asterisk]] Comm. Area. Begin, 8:15. [[/left margin]]

[[check marks appear over each letter or group of letters in the following paragraph]] St. O+G - LCN - LCN. F. AuxV - St. Gost. St. St. V. V. Aux U. [[image - horizontal oval]] - Gost - Gost. St. St. St - Gost - Gost - Gost [[underline]] O + G after attack [[/underline]] St. F+Cht. St. St - Gost - Gost - Gost. V-Gost. Aux V. LCN. St. LCN - LCN - LCN. LCN - LCN St St St - Gost. St. Aux. V. St - Gost. St. O+G - Gost. Gost Gost F + Cht. F&Cht. St. St. St. Gost. St - Gost - V+HF - St - Gost. 

[[left margin]] [[image - triangle]] [[left margin]] St. St. St. St. V+G [[image - vertical oval]].[[image - vertical oval]]. St. Gost. G. St. St. St. V+G [[image - vertical oval]][[image - vertical oval]] St+G. St. Gost.

[[left margin]] [[image - circle]] MC [[/left margin]] [[image - male symbol]] lands then [[image - female symbol]][[image - male symbol]] St - Gost - Aux V - HF [[image - female symbol]] Aux V - HF Then [[image - male symbol]] walks toward [[image - female symbol]], mutual Cht performance, [[image - horizontal oval]] - [[image - vertical oval]][[image - horizontal oval]] - [[image - vertical oval]] - [[image - horizontal oval]] - [[image - vertical oval]] St. [[image - male symbol]] stands in V. [[image - female symbol]] Agg V + HF [[image - male symbol]] flies off.

Have seen several birds land with fish in this communal  area, stand in FO, get no response from anybody, and fly off very shortly.

There is also quite a bit of strictly sexual behavior going on from time to time. Mostly [[image - female symbol]]'s soliciting. Getting usual [[image - male symbol]] response, mostly Agg V.

Very dull in this communal area 8:55.

[[left margin]] [[image - circle]] MC [[/left margin]] [[image - female symbol]] joins [[image - male symbol]] does Gost - Gost - Gost - Gost - F+Cht - Agg V [[image - female symbol]] does St - Gost - Aux-V Then all fly off in Silent Panic.

Not only are displays by birds on ground toward flying birds relatively rare in this species, but they also only occur when the flying bird is very close to the bird on ground. (This helps to explain why St is predominant in my counts). The only possible exception is provided by some of the LCN screaming on alighting after Silent Panics, and I can't tell what is screaming at what then.

Emphasize again. This species has an incredible number of Silent Panics 
- many more than any gull I have worked on. [[underline]] And yet it is not very shy otherwise [[/underline]].

"[[image - male symbol]]" wandering from place to place in this communal area. Saw him land a three distinct spots. Each timejust stood in FO_F  Mayhave done a few brief bouts of "silent F + Cht" toward neighbors