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LLWc1f
1967
July 24
Hemophilus humeralis
Cerron de Lobos Pai. E. Guanajuato, Mexico
0735 - one of pair #5 into tree #2 where chatter + pitz-a call.
Also foraged. 0737 - flew back to wooded gully giving several
pitz-a calls in flight. then silent.
0740 - one of pair #3 up into shrubs along gully giving pitz-a calls.
then both flew to tree #2 where chatter, then forage in tree.
0742.5 - Both flew to N side of wooded gully when heard chatter
followed by chatter from another pair farther to N. + chatter
again by pair #3.
0750 - pair #3, in low branches of tree on N edge of wooded gully. pitz-a
calls as I walk toward them. one flies out of tree #2 then sits quietly.
0757 - other flew up to tree #2 giving pitz-a calls. then chatter.
Both facing SE and 12 inches + apart. Both calling + wing flicking -
generally right wing but switch to left occasionally. One then foraged
up to new top of tree while other sits quietly. Both fly downhill to shrub
thicket
0800 - both flew to N side of wooded gully - pitz-a calls enroute +
chatter. Another chatter slightly uphill (N side of gully) at 0801.
0815 - walked over to N side of gully. heard pair chatter from tree
as I approached they flew uphill + another chatter then this pair flew
off to N. & another pair flew up into tree top to chatter. Pair #4 then
chattered. pair #5 chattered 3 times in succession. generally sitting 3-4
inches apart facing same direction, but did change positions so occar.
facing opp. directions. On one chatter bird on left flicking right wing
vigorously while other bird alternating wings + neither flicked more
than inch + from body. Other extended wing so almost perpend.
to body.