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- 1937-05-22 (Creation)
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After a day of rain, sleet, hail, and mist, the weather clears to reveal a vivid sunset and distant peaks, accompanied by numerous woodcock drumming between 6.30 and 7.15 pm. From Wangchekha, the writer notes a cold, clear night, measurements of B.P. 193.2, 55° at 2.0 pm, height 13000 ft, and clouds and mist arriving after 6.30 am.
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6.0 pm. It is a wonderful country this. I have been cursing the rain, sleet, hail and mist most of the day. Ten minutes ago it was raining hard and we were in mist. Then suddenly it cleared and I looked out on a most wonderful scene away down the valley. The sky was blue green with sunset-lit clouds in it. Below them an absolutely clear sky. In the distance a few peaks showing over a mass of valley filled to varying degrees with clouds, some dull and some lit up by the evening sun. And all around the blackbirds are singing. A most lovely evening. Most evenings lately I have been hearing a woodcock flying round for 20 mins. or so. This evening there must have been 8 or 10 of them. They all started together just after 6.30, and finished at 7.15. Then flew round in circles, fairly high I think, as I could not see them. Each one called for a few seconds, then swooped down 'drumming', to resume its call a few seconds later. There were not more than 5 or 10 seconds between one or other of the birds drumming. All stopped almost simultaneously at 7.15 pm.
23rd May. Wangchekha 6 miles. B.P. 193.2 Temp. 55° Time 2.0 pm. Ht. 13000 ft.
The woodcock last night started drumming again, went on till well after midnight. It was a cold and clear night, and a most perfect morning till about 6.30 when clouds and mist came up very quickly.
