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Ring-bill May 5, 1955.
V

[[superscript numbers & pencil ticks ✓  are written above observations. (ʳ**) = an additional tick & number in red pencil]]

[[in margin, pen circular symbol]] ⁶✓ [[pen circular symbol]] 6 V²⁶.V²⁷.V²⁸. [[underline]] V✓⁶ before attack [[/underline]]-[[underline]] V✓¹⁴ after attack [[/underline]] V²⁹.V³⁰.V³¹.V³².V³³ 
[[underline]] V✓⁷ before attack [[/underline]]-[[underline]] bird²⁴ in V attacked [[/underline]]-[[underline]]
 V✓¹⁵ after attack [[/underline]] [[underline]] V✓⁷ after being attacked [[/underline]] [[underline]] V✓⁸ before attack [[/underline]]-[[underline]] bird✓³ in V³⁵ attacked [[/underline]]-[[underline]] V✓⁶ after attack [[/underline]]-[[underline]] V✓⁸ after being attacked [[/underline]] [[underline]] V✓⁹ before attack [[/underline]] [[underline]] bird in✓⁴ V³⁶ attacked [[/underline]]- [[underline]] HD✓⁵(ʳ⁴)-TT⁵⁸ after attack [[/underline]]-[[underline]] V✓⁹ after being attacked [[/underline]] [[underline]] V³⁷xx-[[/underline]] [[underline]] P✓¹³ before attack [[/underline]]-[[underline]] bird in V✓³⁸ attacked [[/underline]]-[[underline]] V✓⁷ after attack [[/underline]]-[[underline]] HD✓³(ʳ²)-TT³⁹ after being [[/underline]]
OG²²(ʳ¹⁵) (with R). O⁴⁹-HD⁵¹(ʳ¹¹)-TT⁴⁰. OS⁵⁰(ʳ¹⁵).V³⁹.V⁴⁰. [[underline]] V✓¹⁰ before attack [[/underline]]-[[underline]] V✓¹⁸ after attack [[/underline]]-[[underline]] V✓¹⁰-HF✓¹ after being attacked [[/underline]] [[underline]] V✓¹⁹ after attack [[/underline]] [[underline]] V✓²⁰ after attack [[/underline]]-HD⁵²(ʳ¹³)-TT⁴¹ HD⁵³(ʳ¹⁴)-TT⁴²-TT⁴³-HD⁵⁴-TT⁴⁴. HD⁵⁵(ʳ¹⁵)-TT⁴⁵. V⁴¹-P⁶ V⁴²-[[underline]] P✓¹⁴ before attack [[/underline]]-[[underline]] V✓²¹ after attack [[/underline]] HD⁵⁶(ʳ²)-TT⁷⁶-OG²¹-V⁴²xx-[[underline]] P✓¹⁵ before attack [[/underline]]-[[underline]] V✓²² after attack [[/underline]]-[[underline]] bird✓² in V⁴⁴ attacked [[/underline]]-[[cross out]] [[underline]] Pxx-V⁴⁵ after being attacked [[/underline]] [[underline]] V✓¹¹ during retreat [[/underline]]. V⁴⁶ [[underline]] V✓¹² before retreat [[/underline]] HD⁵⁹(ʳ¹⁶)-TT¹⁷ V⁴⁸-V⁴⁹xx¹⁰-[[underline]] P✓¹⁶ before attack -[[/underline]] [[underline]] V✓²³ after attack [[/underline]] V⁵⁰-T²-T³-V⁵¹-HF¹-V⁵²-T⁴-T⁵-V⁵⁸. HD⁵⁸-HD⁵⁹(ʳ⁷)-HD⁶⁰ HD⁶¹ HD⁶².

[[in margin, one vertical bar & cross hatch doodle]] Bird walking in aux. V. (extreme V, but not extreme aux.) [[underline]] with eye half closed [[/underline]] 3:52 [[cross out]]

[[in margin, pen circular symbol]] 7✓ [[pen circular symbol]] OG²²(ʳ¹⁶). OG²³-OG²⁴(ʳ³)-HD⁶³-TT⁴⁸ [[underline]] V✓¹¹ before attack [[/underline]]- [[underline]] bird✓⁵ in V⁵⁴ attacked [[/underline]]-[[underline]] V✓²⁴ after attack [[/underline]] V⁵⁵.V⁵⁶.V⁵⁷.HD⁶⁴(ʳ¹⁷)-TT⁹⁹ HD⁶⁵(ʳ¹⁸)-TT⁵⁰. OS⁵¹-OS⁵²-HD⁶⁶(ʳ³)-OS⁵³-OS⁵⁴ V⁵⁸xx-[[underline]]P✓¹⁷ before attack [[/underline]]-[[underline]] V✓²⁵ after attack [[/underline]]-[[underline]] V✓¹ between attack [[/underline]]-V⁵⁹x¹²-[[underline]]P✓¹⁸ before attack [[/underline]]-[[underline]]-V✓²⁶-HF✓⁴ after attack [[/underline]]- Vx³- [[underline]] P✓¹⁹ before attack - [[/underline]] V✓²⁷-HF✓⁵ after attack [[underline]] O⁵⁵-HD⁶⁷-TT⁵¹-OG²⁵-[[underline]] V✓¹³ before retreat [[/underline]]-[[underline]] V✓³ after retreat [[/underline]] V⁶⁰-P⁷-V⁶¹ .V⁶².V⁶³. P⁸.P⁹.P¹⁰.P¹¹ [[underline]] V✓¹² before attack [[/underline]]-[[underline]] V✓²⁸ after attack [[underline]] V⁶⁴x¹⁵-[[underline]] P✓²⁰ before attack [[/underline]]-[[underline]] V✓²⁹ after attack [[/underline]] P¹²-P¹³-P¹⁴.O⁵⁶(ʳ¹²)-HD⁶⁸-TT⁵

[[in margin, three vertical bars & cross hatch doodle]] Two pairs choking. Synchronized with one another at first, then not, then stop. Members of pair well-synchronized. Occasionally interrupted by rare V-HF or OG. [[underline]] Noticeable how pair rushed to nest-site to choke. [[/underline]] One couldn't be sure that the two pairs were reacting to one another (no signs of fighting); but difficult to believe that this Choking all together ( more than I have seen all afternoon) was sheer coincidence. If not coincidence, perfectly striking case of redirection. 

[[in margin, pen circular symbol]] 8✓ [[pen circular symbol]] O⁵⁷(ʳ¹)-HD⁶⁹-OG²⁶[[underline]] V✓⁴ after escape [[/underline]] [[underline]] V✓¹⁴ during retreat [[/underline]] [[underline]] V✓⁵ after escape [[/underline]] [[underline]] V✓⁶ after escape [[/underline]] [[underline]] P✓²¹ before attack [[/underline]] [[underline]] OG²⁷-HD⁷⁰-TT⁵⁵(ʳ¹)- OG✓² before attack [[/underline]]- [[underline]] V✓³⁰ after [[/underline]]

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