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Aimophila cassinii
June 29 Welder Wildlife Foundation, San Patricio Co., Texas.
♂#1 landed in top of hackberry after flight song. Another bird flew in + lit '2 way up. 2nd bird then flew to 30-40' free (lowered branch (4'up) + ♂ followed giving part of flight song.
songs of ♂ #2 - 4 in 2 min not actively singing
flight IIII perch O
perch
#2 - 0629 16 songs in 5 minutes.
flight HHHHH1 perch HHH
to same perch HHH 11 to different IIII
used only three different perches - all within 20 1/2 yards of each other. most frequently used was top of 4' hackberry. next was some dead wood stems ~3' high.
flight goes 20-25 feet in air. song starts about 5' below after + is finished 10+ feet before landing.
0637 - seemingly paid no attention to painted buntings that moved by a 20' in front of ♂ #2.
0639 - quiet 0640 - singing again
have heard only one clist fl song + that from ♂ #3. not same circumstances.
0648 ♀2 - 5 songs in 1/4 min.
flight II perch IIII
same perches 1 different 1