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R.K. Selander,
1954
C. zonotica
9 mi. SE San Cristóbal, 7300 ft., Chie, Mexico.
April 22
8 birds around one nest called together by one bird singing
Pi-co-wup, pico-wup - given by one near nest. Very
nasally soft. This group includes the 5 mentioned just
above. When one bird called as above all ?others
gathered about the nest, several entered the nest and
them came out again.
We collected six wrens in the immediate vicinity of
the nest. They were coming to the nest area singly or
sometimes in pairs. Foraging tches place most often high
in the trees but twice we saw birds fly to the ground
or to logs on the ground. Probably most foraging is done
40-50 feet or more above ground.
The slope on which the nest is located has a
dense growth of very tall pines mixed with giant
oaks and a yellow-leaved tree which is generally
shorter than the oaks. There is an understory of small
oaks and other trees, including young pines. There has
been some logging on the slope. Across the road there
is a similar slope but the understory is locking &
the wrens seem to not frequent the area.