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Wednesday May 26

Arrive dump. Gulls on lake. Sunny, but very strong cold easterly wind 8:25

O. O9. OL5.-T4. O O.O12.T.T.T.T8. OL.OL7. T.T.T.T12. O.O.O.O16. U.U.U3. OL.OL.OL10.
U.U5.O.O.O.O20. OL4. O.O.O23.OL12.D.O.O.O26.OL13.T13.O.O.O29.OL14.  U.U.U8.O.O.O32.OL.OL16. 
O.O.O.O.O.O38.OL.OL18.U.U10.T14. O.O.O.O42.OL.OL20.T.T.T16. T after being attacked1 8:43. 
U after attack6 HF1 U.HF2. U. T17 after being attacked2 OL.OL.OL23.O.O.O.O.O47.T18. O before giving attack call3 OL24.U.U48.HF3. Leave 8:50

Watch gulls on field near dump. U before attack1 U after attack7 O.O.

Back to lake 9:20. O.O52. HF after attack1 U11. O53.OL25.T.D. O.O55.OL36.T19. O.O57.OL29.T20.U12. O after attack2 U before attack2 U after attack8 OL28. U after attack9 OL29.O.T21. U before retreat1 O.O.O.O61.OL30. 9:32. U after attack10  O.O.O.O65.OL31.T22. U before attack3 O before attack4 HF after attack2 U after attack11 O.O69.OL32. T. OL33. T24. O68 U13.T25.O.O.O.O. U14. O.O.O.O76. T after attack1 T26.O.O.O79. O.O.O.O.O.O.O86. T before attack1 O before attack5 OL before attack1. T27.O.O.O89.

[[left margin]] !! [[/left margin]] A number of attacks preceded by CC, without destructive posture 
OL34.T.O90. U after attack12 OL35.T28. OL36. O.O.O.O94. T.T.T.T32.OL37.O.O.O.O98. OL. before attack2 T.T.T.T36. O.O.O.O102. OL.OL39. O.O.O105.OL40. O.O.O108. T before  attack2 T after attack2 T after attack3 T.T.T39. O.O.O.O112. OL.OL42.T.OL.OL.OL45.T.T42. O.O.O.O.O117.

Leaving 10:25

Friday May 28

8:35 a.m. Roost or loafing ground in field near dump. All local [[lands?]] present.

Bird in T attacked — U before attack1 — U after attack with HF1 O.O2. U.U.U3. U before attack2 U before attack3 U before attack4 U before attack5 U after attack2 U before retreat1 O.O.O5.OL1.T1.T2. U before attack6 U after attack3 [[strikethrough]] HF HF [[/strikethrough]] U after being attacked1 HF1 HF2 O6.U4.O.O.O.O10. OL2. T.T.T.T.T7. O O O O O O O O O O O21 O22 U.U.U.U. U5. U before attack7 U before attack8 — U after attack4 — U after attack5 — bird in U attacked U after attack6 9:00. Birds drifting away.

A good deal of sexual behavior, watching quite a number of copulations, going on on this field. U's after cop. Lots of early M.C ing also Quite a number of juveniles also.

Many fewer birds. 9:00. Try dump again.