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LL Wolf
1964
Aimophila nestorialis
June 19 Lm. S. Boykin Springs, Jasper Co., Texas
On ground 82 see. -82 didn't sing but changed perches to closer to shrub & back to shrub. The next trip flew directly to nest site or dropped on grass - also flew directly away or one soft song.
Or sitting very quietly in dead limb 10 feet above ground.
0807.5- ♀ into dead shrub
0808 - ♀ to ground. ~ 10 sec. back to collect more grass.
0810.5 - ♀ directly lowest from 50 feet to NE. 5-10 sec. Into up to dead shrub. 0811.4 - ♀ to 57-60 feet NE of nest.
0813.3 - ♀ to nest with large tangle of grass. Or not visible. 0815 - so seem & jump from vine to another dead limb in small pine (25 feet from nest) ♀ then into small pine or off to NNE then ♀ to NE.
0817 - ♀ back to nest 0817.5 ♀ to small pine then to NE for grass. Or sang twice (10 feet up near end of 2 foot dead limb). Then hopped close to trunk & sang twice more (0820).
0824 - ♀ flew down to man where I last sawe. Maybe both are fraging.
0828 went up + found nest. In place at edge of grassy hummock so dead grasses form an overhery. Opening faces to NE. Nest just started. She has put in