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LL Wolf
1963
Aimophila humeralis
August 8
m.s. Puxtla, Puebla, Mexico.
Foraging bird flies from perch 3-4 feet up in legume down to small
shrubs and dead branches. Hops around there + down to ground.
Saw foraging both in spots where grass/weds 6-15 inches tall +
thick so bird hidden + under ligame canopy where bird could
hop on bare ground almost without hitting any herbs. Here
hopped along ground occasionally flicking at ground. Once
reached up + pecked at plant leaf - probably for insect. Another
actually fluttered up about 4 inches + pecked at a weed leaf.
Then appeared to go to bare ground to eat catch.
After foraging for 5+ minutes birds flew up to legume
branch where much bill wiping + once preening.
While I tried to watch one bird foraging other bird again
sat in exposed perch 5-8 feet above ground facing me. Gave
continuous, ~3 second-spaced, 'zip' notes.
Both birds flew from elevated perches to a 20°
from horizontal limb in legume. One landed slightly after other.
Both turned 180° + began chattering. Wing flicking by both.
One which apparently gave most of chatter, red.59+, which
chattered after other quit also wing flicked [illegible]. Again
birds facing almost parallel ↓↓ + bird giving more
chatter was flicking inside wing harder than outside.
So far have only seen two birds together.
0755: Then bird in distance giving introductory note to song.
Repeated every 4-6 seconds. Have not heard full song for