. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Brandt Cormorant year's nesting site visited on the Farallons was not only buried in white- wash, but contained an appalling number of sodden squab skeletons. The new site chosen for the season of 1911 was on the north slope of Maintop, and by the last week in A'lay was in a furor of nest-building activity. The interested actions of hovering gulls suggested that community tactics had been engendered as much by fear of the gull as anything else.
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Brandt Cormorant year's nesting site visited on the Farallons was not only buried in white- wash, but contained an appalling number of sodden squab skeletons. The new site chosen for the season of 1911 was on the north slope of Maintop, and by the last week in A'lay was in a furor of nest-building activity. The interested actions of hovering gulls suggested that community tactics had been engendered as much by fear of the gull as anything else. An isolated nest might easily be surrounded by a mob of these pious maraud- ers, and its occupants crowded or lured away; but in a closely occupied colony it is the invader who is surrounded, and a half dozen writhing necks surmounted by beaks of no mean power are too much for the Larine nerve. But it is also amusing to see how the Brandt Cormorants prey upon each other in the matter of building material. They are always grabbing at each other's haypile in passing, and once an absence is noted or an easy mark discovered, the ungenerous neighbors fall upon the nest and lug it off piecemeal. One bird I saw who seized a beakful which for bulk was half as large as himself—a magnificent haul. Characteristically, the nest is a huge bowl or crater of weeds and grasses, freshly plucked. Of nest-building near Point Lobos, Chapman. Photo by the Author Taken on the Southeast Farallon THE GULLS IN POSSESSION OUR NECESSARY PRESENCE FRIGHTENED THE CORMORANTS AND THE WESTERN GULLS HAVE CLEANED UP EVERY EGG IN SIGHT 1951. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928; Dickey, Donald R. (Donald Ryder), 1887-1932; Pierce, Wright M; Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953; Brooks, Al
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