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[[underline]] inca [[/underline]], Nov. 16 1955, VI.

colony, and the communal areas nearby. Not a sign of the birds, although boobies, etc., sitting quite undisturbed This makes it seem more  likely than ever that this group of birds is in the "colony occupying" stage; and makes it even more remarkable that I didnt see any signs of fish flights the day before yesterday.
       
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Wednesday, November 16, 1955, Chincha Peru

Just a word about the behavior of the juvenal Franklin's gulls, who, with several immatures + one or more adults, are scattered, in ones and twos usually, all around the shores of the islands.

Quite inactive - as might be expected.

The only thing they do in air is give brief, usually single, "reedy" "broken "juvenal" LCN's. "Kree-ee-e" or "Kee-ee-ar" sort of business - quite brief. Sounds just like the birds in the Lab at Delta.

Usually quite silent on ground. Saw one bird land in the midst of an [[underline]] inca [[/underline]] colony, disturbing all the inhabitants, and provoking bursts of LCN's by all the nearby birds. This juvenal answered back with a burst of LCN's in semi-relaxed posture, with slight trace of R

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