Field notes, v1472
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Marshall 1943 General Account Rockwoods State Res. St Louis Co., Mo. except in meadow. Dec 19 One in brush & pecking on weed stems, one working on a house! Blue Jay, 3 in woods In group-notes 5 minutes Titmouse 25 Mostly in trees lining stream & edge meadow but also general thru open forest. Chickadee 20 Always with Titmice White-breasted Nuttatch 10 Only in denser or forest. Paired Thryothous? 2 Rolling loud calls - Deep reddish-brown color, wide white superilary. Paired. On brush along stream. Calls same as the modestus Hermit Thrush, 1 Typical "tip" call. Watched it feeding by short flights from ground on black berry growing on dead vines edge brush along highway. Bluebird - 6 Small flock up & down stream & overhead. English Sparrow 15 Flocks generally distr. in brush & trees around meadow. More near the houses. Not as rusts to the houses as would expect. Cardinal 10 Either high up in trees or on ground in weeds & brush.