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15 mi. NNW Tacámbaro, 9000 ft.
June 16 bird I was holding. Evident either the calls
were given by all birds. I could detect no difference
in those of the juveniles as compared to those of adults.
A flock of young Cyanocitta Stelleri came to my squeaks
and those of the wrens as I hunted, crowding down
beneath a broad crowned tree.
I then walked up the slope and collected a Troglodytes
brunneicollis is a cut over area near fallen trees.
This seems preferred habitat of this species -- i.e. several
fallen logs and secondary growth of trees shrubs.
This bird is much lighter in color than those from the
Valle de Toluca -- call notes -- nasal cheeze --
are identical, however. Heard Pipilo calling
and saw black-headed grosbeak {common}, Atlapetes
pileatus (one collected), and several other Steller
jays. Oriolus is present here also, especially
in the oaks {few, scattered} madrones near the
tent. About 1 hour after collecting the first group
I found another loose-knit group on a neighboring
slope -- feeding in huge pines and fis & as oak.
Saw one bird work along horizontal branch of
a more-conical oak, then hang upside down
and forage for at least 30 seconds. Foraging
occurs at all levels -- even down to smaller
trees a shrubs; but mostly the birds are high in
the trees (up 100 feet or so). This group was
silent except for an occasional short period