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May 8 II
[scribble line length of 3 paragraphs]Much aerial circling and flying, often in pairs, with various calls, but no real pursuits, as far as I can see.

Occasional long glides.
Arial calls seem to be three.  1). "Squeal". Single Long Call Note. 2). Long call. Series of notes, deeper than squeal, and getting progressively deeper.  3). Moaning note. Like Squeal, but more plaintive.  
Posture in Squeal is usual [bird drawing] 
But other postures are also often seen.

Also has alarm notes.  Rather more like those of the B.A.G then those of the large Laws  "Kele-hek" Less commonly: "Kek" or "Kek Kek Kek Kek ite"

[drawing of bird]  Alarm note posture

[scribble next to paragraph] Bird sitting in flock on ground, flies up, circles around, with much gliding, for at least two minutes, launch again, n.a.d While in the air, however, it attacked, at intervals of a second or so single squeals     
In posture so
[drawing of bird] Notable that bill opened slightly before sound was heard. 11:55

12:07 O.U.U.T.HF.  U before attack  U after attack. U before attack U after attack. U T.T. O cpr. (also posture) 

[scribble next to sentence and bird drawing] with head loe, neck stretched, bill pointing down, often a neck thrust, apparently silent.  Call it "inefficient peck", or "P"  RP.

OL. O.T.O.U.U.

[scribble next to sentence} Notice that there is often a immaturity U between O and T, or, often, the I can be sean to be given from the U. 12:20