Field notes, v1716
Page 435
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LLWOLF 1964 Journal July 21 Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico Up at 0500. After breakfast drove out to Cañon de Lobos. Arrived as it was getting light. Shot at a bot. I went down to cornfield to watch Hymophila ruficauda. Dick went up a side canyon to west. About 0700 at time when sparrows are generally not active a car ran out of gas on road opposite cornfield. All the subsequent commotion until they left about 0730 just about eliminated any territorial activity. Apparently mostly foraging by 0830 so looked for pair f.i. Found them + [illegible] their nest - but they soon disappeared. Watched a pair of Band-tailed Warblers (Thryothorus plumbeiceps) building a nest - nearly completed. 2? Boat-tailed Grackles flew N parallel to canyon. Returned to car at 1000 to find someone had tried to break force open small side window. Apparently did not managed to get into car. Back to town when went to market then spent rest of day preparing birds. Had supper, wrote notes, labbed at 2030. Day was only scattering clouds until 1700 when began to cloud up. Thunder + lightning by 2008. Heard chatter of Melizore kiwieri today. Sounds very like squeal of Pipilo fuscus. July 22 Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico Up at 0500. After breakfast drove out to Cañon de Lobos. I spent until 0930 watching Hymophila ruficauda in Acacia dominated scrubby flat area along road + near cornfields. Come gaze thru here, but the Acacias are thick enough in some places to prohibit walking between adjacent plants.