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LLwolf
Amophila cassinii
June 30 Welder Wildlife Foundation, San Patricio Co., Texas
0639 - 0642 = 4 min. 11 songs 3.6 songs/min.
flight 100% perch 0
perch# 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3, to grass (wg 3)
0642.5 - 0645.0 2.5 min 8 songs 3.1 /min
flight 100% perch, 0
perch# 3,3,3,3,3,3, to grass wg 4.
Got it times dropped to grass for 30+ sec., then immediately back to singing with song flight to perch.
while I was recording he used almost exclusively perch #1.
I wather much closer to #3 while now am beneath #5.
0648 - to grass for 30± sec. (recording only breaks in singing.)
0651 - drops to grass for 20±sec. back to song perch #3 with song flight.
0654.5 - to grass for 20± sec. (wg # 4.) flight song to #8. then to 9
0655 - from perch #9 to #3 with flight song.
0659 - flight song to #10 ; then flight song toward #8.
0706 - to grass near #3. 0707.5 - to #3 with flight song.
0712 - to #11 with flight song. This perch is nearly vertical
with angle at top so provides 60° perch. ([illegible]) other wise most
perches are horizontal or nearly so. back to #3 with next
flight song.
0716 - flight song to #7 where performed 2 consecutive perch songs
followed by a flight song.
0718 - after quiet for 1+ min. flight song back to #3.
winds beginning to pick up. noted (072) more fluttering at top
of song than usual. To check in gust of winds.