Field notes, v1716
Page 273
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49 LHWO/F 1963 Journal July 31 9.5am, N. Ixtahuacan del Rio to Guadalajara, Jalisco. Up at 0600. Jays (Mexican) calling around camp while have breakfast. Walked along road looking for Rufous-crowned Sparrows. Found pair of Buff-breasted Flycatchers foraging from oaks + pines. Held perches from 1 to 30 feet up. Also pair of Spotted Wrens + family part of Bewick's Wrens. John reported 8+ Mexican Jays in the flock. Adult Grace's Warbler feeding 2 juveniles beginning post-few molt. Family group of 5-6 Eastern Bluebirds, young about full grown, but still in spotted plumage. Rufous-crowned Sparrows in relatively open areas of this pine-oak woodland. Prepared specimens + had lunch. Started driving back to Guadalajara, listening at several places for 5-striped Sparrows. Stopped at km 32 again but did not hear them. Rusty Sparrow was singing downhill. John heard & saw pair of Simophila rufiganda in fence rows Twin. S Ixtahuacan del Rio. Finally heard a ? singing in densely vegetated arroyo as begin descent to river. Had several miles earlier collected 2 of 4-5 singing, spotted ? Simophila ruficeps. Managed to collect this ? 5-stripe while John saw pair of Blue-crowned Parrots land in legume just above road. Also heard another 5-striped Sparrow + a Rufous-crowned Sparrow singing on the hillside.