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LLW014
1964
12
Aimophila occidentalis
June 20
1 am. S. Boykin Springs, Jasper Co., Texas.
0606.5 - ? directly to nest with long (4-6") grasses - fine.
0? sings twice.
0608 - ? directly to nest. 0? sings twice 25 sec. & directly
back to shrub.
0618 - ? directly to nest, 20 sec + 0? sang twice.
0611.7 - ? directly toward from shrub. 0? sang twice.
0613. - can hear one bird chirping from near stems
source must be ?.
I saw ? pause once each way to & from nest. When
carrying long grasses stopped 8 feet up on bare portion
of live pine limb & pulled at grasses seemed to leave a
few behind when flew on. Stopped 1/2 way to shrub
on 7' dead pine limbs (1" diameter), then continued on to
shrub.
0616 - 0? sang once. - sunlight in streaks three weeks
but lighting from at 0615.
0618 - 0? sang once.
0620 - 0? sang once. no sign of ?.
This nest site is 50-60 feet from shrub where I first
(June 19) thought nest might be - probably where I fudged
fledged young.
0628 - 0? sang 11 in 1/2 minute (twice).
0670 - 0? sang twice soft, ? into small pine dead
limb 150 feet to NW of nest. chirping excitedly,
then dis flew to small pine tr to shrub, chirped