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May 29 II

[scribble in left margin]   [drawing of beak?] Shape of hood drawing O.
[scribble in left margin] Alaun call can be given from "low intensity O" posture
[triangle] Post-cip display. ♂ brief U. ♀ nothing
[scribble in left margin] Nevertheless, bill is sometimes widely open during brief O postures
[drawing of open bill]
♂ on water. Swimming after ♀ ML. [drawing of male swimming]
[scribble in left margin] uttering "oooooooouh, ooooooooouh" pretty continually.  Interspersed with HF's, Os, ect What is it?  Indication of CC anyhow, ♀, in aux U and then flies off 6:56.

[2 drawn triangle in left margin] ♂ does U ✓-HF ✓-U ✓- ✓-V ✓ ♀ nothing.

[scribble in left margin]    Interesting copulation ♂ mounted 4 times before mounting again for an apparently runenpel[sp?] attempt.  Each attempt preceded by ritual FB.  ♀ from hunched, definite T, jut like (02)-T.  Couldn't see if her bill opened.  ♂ from seen U, definite T, jut like (02), bill opened at least during some movements [underscored] ♀'s FB, interspersed with attempts to peck at ♂'s bill, or to grab it in hers ♂ usually began cop call as he mounted,  but during of the the earlier unsuccessful attempts he continued T on ♀ 's back, for some seconds, before beginning cop call noted also that ♀ sometimes continued FB after he mounted, always irregular.  Also, more important[underscore] ♂ definitively peeking downward at female, fiercely and frequently, even when she made no effort to resist never any post-cop displays[underscore]
     rain, rather heavy, 7:12
[scribble in margin] Cop call and attack call are certainly never similar.  Not obvious difference in that attack call is much lower and more penetrating.