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"Pitelka"
1943
Oporornis tolmiei
June 18 Zonie Hayfork, 2900 ft., Trinity Co., Calif.
A male observed in a dense thicket
of Rubus, Rosa, and Cornus in a morast
at the base of
pocket on the west-facing slope along
Big Creek.
June 19 Hayfork Valley, Trinity Co., Calif.
Noted thickets of Cornus, Cornus,
Salix and manzanita: from about
5000 ft. upward. Not common.
Male
One observed performing a flight-song.
The sounds included the usual song-notes plus
additional notes interspersed so that the
total effect was one of more or less twittering.
The bird rose and fluttered its wings during
the song, descending as he sang; then
he resumed normal flight and dived
into the chaparral. The flight-song
began about 40 feet above the ground. It
reminded me of a similar flight-song, asregard
the flight itself, in Geothlypis trichas.