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LLWolf
1964
Amphila cassinii
July 2 Welder Wildlife Foundation, San Patricio Co, Texas
0700 - 0710. 28 songs in 9 minutes of active singing / perch song.
fl(ground to3), fl(3-3), fl(3-3), fl(3-15), fl(13-15), fl(13-3), fl(3-3), fl(3-3),
fl(3-3), fl(3-3), fl(3-3), fl(3-3), fl(3-3), fl(3-3), fl(3-3), fl(3-3),
fl(3-3), fl(3-3), fl(3-3), fl(3-3), fl(3-3), fl(3-3±), fl(3±-3±), 0708- dropped to
stem just above grass + then dropped into grass when quiet for 1+min.
fl(ground to3), fl(3-3), fl(3-3), perch, #2,
29%
0730 - 0735. 14 songs in 7-minutes active singing.
perch (3), fl(3-3), fl(3-3), fl(3-3), fl(3-3), fl(3-3), fl(3-3), fl(3-3), perch, fl(3&ground)
perch songs
on ground for 1+min., flb(ground to3), fl(3-3), perch, perch,
After last perch song heard chatter to SW. #2 flew over there
flight /
(40-secds) in direct flight - no pumping- just above level of
birds
shrubs. Heard more chittering then one bird flew into
clump of running mesquite + #2(b?) stayed perch on 3' mesquite.
then #2 flight song took to ground NW g#3 (between 2+3) where on
ground for 2+min. Up fromground in song flight to #3.
0742. as #2 singing I walked over to sedge & fern.#2 when
mud#5 to look for bird that went down. #2 flushed from a patch of
running mesquite + Opuntia + flew bsw into 6' mesquite where sat quietly
except for short bout of tail-wiping then flew further b sw into 8'
-blackberry where gave soft chips then flew to S. well into line.#5
into 15'mesquite.This one in grassy region 100+ft S. g edge
of running mesquite dominated area. Sat 2'way up on dead limb
chipping softly from exterior of tree another bird flew in frames
clue
with soft chitter call. This (1st) bird left + #2# flew out to E. can hear
jay#
soft chips + series of tzecatz, tzecat calls (more warbly versions of this
is the chatter.