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K.Selander,
1954
32
O. chispensis
March 29 3 mi. SSW Tonalá, Chiapas, Mexico
A.M. 6:21 1 in 2nd nest up, working, silent.
6:23 Flew into tree, 10ft. up
6:28:5 on apl[illegible] log on ground
6?24 on ground picked up straw and worked up tree to 10 ft,
then to 2nd nest up.
6:25 Two others foraging 10-12 feet up along lower limbs.
6:25:5 One flew to ground, returned 10 ft. up in tree with straw,
then flew to 3rd nest up (=lowest nest)
6:26 Same kind flew to ground. - 6:29 bird returned with
straw to nest # 2, 6:29:5 flew to ground 30 feet from
the nest, 6:30 one kind foraging on log on ground,
another on ground hunting nesting material. One foraging
2 5 feet up in tree, inner branches. 6:37 birds singing in
palm window "chang - cee - ca"
6:35 One bird sitting on fence post calling "gua", another
in log pile. 6:36 Two foraging in heavy vines 10ft.
up. 6:38 two kinds working up vines in high tree
50 ft. up and foraging along branches of this tree - some
branches very thin.
6:34-47 Seen
Nothing! 6:48 Two birds on log getting nest material
6:50 one flew to nest # 2 from 10 feet up in tree, staged in nest
nestled
6:52 Second kind flew to nest # 2 with straw - "ow - quo -
quaw, ow - quw - caw, ow - quw - caw" at nest entrance
quiet alone. 6:54 Some kind pulling straw from
old nest in same tree & returned to nest # 2, 6:54 flew to
tree 10 ft. up / 12 ft up / 15 ft up - working up - 6:55-flew