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LL Wolf
1967
Amphitila humeralis
July 24 Canon de Hobos, 9 mi E. Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico 4800± feet
0620 - one of pair #2 begins singing - pitz-a notes from near tree #3 + pair #3 chatters in tree #2.
0625 - pair #2 chatters from above tree #3 + pair #3 follows with a chatter then quiet.
0629 - 7 feet cloud) from tree #2 - one bird sticks in tree then flies off to NE downhill 36± yds. to wooded gully.
0635 - 8' #1 singing from top of 25 foot (partly defoliated) tree. On bare branch extending beyond canopy. Then chatter + 2nd bird begins moving up to top of tree from 10 feet lower as pair #2 chatters.
0655 - pair #3 up into tree #2 when chattered - followed immediately by chatter from pair #2, both members of pair #3 began foraging in tree until I played short cut of chatter + they chattered. Followed by chatter from pair #1. Both of pair #3 flew over toward pair #1 then other chatter.
0702 - pitz-a calls from area #2 + chatter - then pitz-a from pair #3 near boundary of 2+3 + chatter by pair #3 in shrubs.
0716 - one of pair #3 flew downhill to tree #3 giving pitz-a calls. Followed in 10-15 sec. by chatter of pair #1. Bird continued pitz-a calls & was joined by a 2nd bird + chattered from tree #2.
0725 - pair #3 up into tree #2 where chattered followed by pair #1 chatter. Then I played back recording + pair #3 chattered again then flew uphill toward, hit in tree 16± yds uphill + chattered. Play back this + pair #3 flew over to wooded gully where chattered from shrubs.