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June 19 III

[[✓ = pencil tick over observations. 
ʳ = an additional tick in red pencil]]

[[xsquare with a checkmark]] [[line]]LTT✓ʳ LTTʳ LTTʳ.[[line]]TTʳ LTTʳ TT✓ʳ. TTʳ. TTʳ. TTʳ LTTʳ.TTʳ.T.LTTʳ. TTʳ.OLTTʳ.
 
[[line]]TTʳ.LTTʳ.LTTʳ.TTʳ TTʳ.TTʳ.TTʳ.TTʳ .TTʳ.TTʳ.TTʳ.OLTTʳ.TTʳ.LTTʳ.TTʳ.TTʳ.TTʳ.TTʳ.TTʳ.TTʳ.LTTʳ.TTʳ.OTTʳ.OLTTʳ.

Boat coming 11:25. Why? Come. Go. Everything quiet again by 11:37.

[[spiralS]] TT✓ʳ.P✓.LTT✓ʳ.LTT✓ʳ.LTT✓ʳ.LTT✓ʳ.TT✓ʳ.LTT✓ʳ.LTT✓ʳ.TT✓ʳ.LTT✓ʳ.U✓.U✓.O✓.O✓.OLTT✓✓✓ʳ.OLTT✓✓✓ʳ.

[[in margin: asterisk in a circle with a 40 above, a check mark, and a red check mark]] ♀ joins ♂. Both LTT.

[[cross-hatching in margin, with two exclamation points to the left]] One gull seems to have collected 4th chick. All appr. 2-3-4 days old. Adult occas. pecks one of the chicks,  but then seems to accept it. Then pecks chick again, [[underlined]] with many LTT's, Chick just ducks, tries to crawl under plants or other chicks. Doesn't run away permanently (Call this family X) [[/cross-hatching and exclamation points in margin]]

[[spiralS]] LTT✓✓ʳ-P✓. LTT✓✓ʳ.TT✓ʳ.TT✓ʳ. LTT✓✓ʳ.TT✓ʳ.TT✓ʳ.TT✓ʳ. [[underlined]] Ch✓-Ch✓-Ch✓ before attack - P✓ after✓ attack [[/underlined]] -P✓-P✓-P✓. P✓-P✓-P✓-P✓.

[[cross-hatching in margin]] Attacked chick also reacts to pecks by crouching

[[image - drawing of profile of a gull chick curled up prostrate with its eye open]]
[[caption - (hiding bill)]]

[[/cross-hatching in margin]]

X has settled down now 11:52, but can't see if all the chicks are under. Apparently they are.

[[squiggles in margin]]

[[image - drawing of profile of bird with neck high and head tilted downward]]
[[caption - Choke posture.]]

[[spiralS]] P✓.TT✓ʳ.P✓-P✓. U✓.TT✓ʳ. O✓.-O✓.-O✓.-O✓. L✓ʳ.L✓ʳ.P✓.LTT✓✓ʳ.O✓.-O✓.-O✓.-O✓-O✓ LTT✓✓ʳ

[[underlined]] U✓-P✓ during attack - U✓ before✓ attack - Bird in U✓ʳ attacked - U✓ʳ after attack. [[/underlined]] 12:13. LTT✓ʳ.LTT✓ʳ.LTT✓ʳ.TT✓ʳ.TT✓ʳ.

[[in margin: asterisk in a circle with a 41 above, a check mark, and a red check mark]] ♀ joins ♂. Both LTT.

Transcription Notes:
Ticks, gender symbols and/or superscript added in edit. [[xsquare]] = drawing of a square with an X inside [[spiralS]] = drawing of a spiral with a single line jutting out left [[line]] = there is a short line drawn up from the top of the following word/character e.g. [[line]]bird [[check]] = there is a check mark above this word e.g. [[check]]before [[cCheck]] / [[ccCheck]] = there are two / three check marks above this word [[rch]] = there is a red check mark above this word [[rCheck / rcCheck]] = there is a red check mark and a check mark / and two check marks above this word (etc.) [[rrCheck]] = there are two red check marks and a check mark above this word (etc.)