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May 24 V

[[image]] L on water

Leaving 8:15

Tuesday, May 25

[[left margin]] appr 10 min [[/left margin]] Gulls feeding on water by station

O O.O.O.O5 U after attack U after attack2 T1 OL.T2.OL2.O6.
U after attack3. O before attack U after attack4 O7.OL.T3. OL4. O before attack2 O after attack U after attack5

Arrive small colony ca. 3:15 pm. Alone. Warm. Little
Wind Far gulls go down [[?]]., but certainly not the near one 

C back, up again 3:17.

Definite silent panic 3:19. Breaks up at far edges of colony

Birds back in D.E. [[right arrow]] X region. Giving G.C's,
OL.OL.OL. This near bird may be P, at least he is giving "woof woof woof..." during some of his L's Watching Y. O. O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O. O-T. OL-TT OO.O. O-T. O-T. O.O. OL-T-T-U-HF O-U O-OL-T|

[[Mat.?]] display at H After female flies off, male flies up, does charge-Soar,apparently in [[?]], 3:33

C back now

Watching H

O-OL.O.O.OL-T|O.O-L.|OL-T.O.O.O.O.O.OL-T.OL.OL-T.|
O. Off on circular flight. Back  [[unwed. ?]] OL-U-HF.| Attacks intruder then O.OL. Off again. Back again. O.O-HF-T.O.|OL-OL-T|O.OL-U-HF-T| OL-OL-T.|OL-T.|O.O.O.|OL-T-U|OL-OL-T|O.O.OL.|

[[left margin]] *25 ✓✓ [[/left margin]] O-OL-T-U-HF-U| just before female lands M.C. male does U-T-U-T-U ~-U-T4-U2. Female does U-T-U-O-U-HF1-U-T3-U6. Female flies off. Circles. I can't follow her 3:58.

OL-T.OL-T|O.OL-T-OL O.|

Transcription Notes:
[[image: hand drawn bird with open beak on water]] On lines 6-7 and 26 numerals shown above words or capitalized letters in the text are transcribed directly following each word or letter. In the sequence "woof woof woof" on line 14, each "woof" has a horizontal line followed by a single quotation mark (-')above it.