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Marshall [faded] 1944
General Acc't
May 20 Gainesville Ozark Co. Mo.
Chuckwills were always around edges of balds;
Had bad luck with both.
I Chuck-will would lead me along - flying in circles thru woods low over and giving hoarse grunts in rapid succession. Then start calling farther away.
No owls or way back but Olive-backed Thrushes heard in sky.
Birds few in this valley. After passed Sycamores with their Woodpeckers were only 3 p. Summer Tanagers, 1 p. Bluebird, 2 p. of Indigo Buntings, 1 Pileated Woodpecker, twice, complete.
May 21 afternoon - obs. coll. in rain.
P.M. Went to top ridge across bridge from town - On cypress slope called up Chuck-will - successfully- they give the grunts rapidly & flap around 1 ft above and all thru their tour - around and around you but very hard to see in gloom. Call from low stumps & low branches.