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R. K. Sillandar,
1953
7
Feb. 5
15 mi. E El Rosario, 1200 ft., Baja California.
(Dendroica sp.). Heard a flicker calling. Mockingbird
seen in shrubs in bottom of arroyo. Examined
two more cactus wren nests, both in opuntia
cactus near road. One was unlined, the other
thickly lined with quail feathers. Both about
4 feet above the ground.
I am now camped under a large carlone cactus
at the side of the road. A good wind is blowing
up the canyon from the west. I believe this arroyo
must be San Juan de Dios Canyon mentioned
by Goldman ("Biol. Investigations in Mexico").
Feb. 6
Hunted around camp in the morning. Collected one
cactus wren and a shrike. At noon I drove down
to El Rosario, stopping to hunt in some willows
just east of town. Heard song sparrowa singing
there. Took a Dendroica scalaris. Saw a flicker.
Horned larks abundant in the field around El
Rosario. Noted a nest of a pair of red-tailed hawks
placed in a ciro tree east of El Rosario.
At El Rosario I talked to a Mrs. Espinoza at
her store-gas station and started toward Ensenada
at about 1:00 P.M. Had a flat tire 3 or 4 miles from
El Rosario -- split the tire.
5 miles south of Socorro, 50 ft., I noticed a cactus
wren perched on a telephone pole. Collected this bird.
There are no cholla cactus in this vicinity, just
low scrub and agaves.