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LLWOF
1964
3
Aimophila cassinii
June 26 Welder Wildlife Foundation, San Patricio Co., Texas
Little
Heard the clutter flight song from 2 other ????. Once not
version
sure of situation; other after series of cluttring sounding like
pair decision.
escape
0722- bird flew to top of 2' hackberry where sat chirping softly.
As I approached it flew to outer branches of hackberry + worked to
interior; reappeared in 10-15 sec. near center, exterior of tree while sat
chirpping.
clutter
0725- go to N. 50 yds. went up into clutter flight song preceded
by series of clutter notes at which bird I'm watching flew???. Ground
cover in that direction. Bird has shifted slightly S.W. from 25-50yds
further W heard clit. fl. song, but didn't see bird in flight.
Young
0730- bird slowwatching sitting in top of hackberry with food
good
(grasshopper?) in bill. flies in floppy, tail-pumping flight to
flight
50s 50 feet to another hackberry, then to base of mesquite as I
approached 2 birds flushed from ground or several miles
up in interior of 3 foot mesquites next to a hackberry.
Both flew >100 feet. ? to N. young to W. ? then (0734)
flies across mesquites to another, 80 feet S. Then to NW
where lit near base of mesquite it is chirping softly but
sharply. then 50 feet S. into line of mesquite. then (0738)
low when dropped in at base of hackberry where originally
seen.
0742- ? up into dead branches of 5' hackberry (2 up) where sat
for about 1 min chirping softly then flew (jerky, pumping flight)
15 feet to East when dropped into clump of 1' mesquite. Then
back to base of 1st hackberry while chirpping softly.