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LL Wolf
1964
August 18
Ami.E. Tehuantepec, 100+ ft, Oaxaca, Mexico
0703 - flew perch. flew over to where she had been sitting then flew up into shrub, worked to top (?fletup) where began chattering song. - ~8/min for one minute. several times gave single chip notes & once chip followed by short note.
songs
0708 - began - J...- song - ~10/min. sang two chatter songs when bus passed, once as it started to backfire then immediately switched back to - J...- song.
0710 - flew into low (2-feet) branches of 5-foot Acacia. had been chipping (tzee) softly from ground close to perch from where disappeared. was carrying several short twigs in her bill. ceased singing & at last res. continued soft tzee notes. flew off to NE to fence where sat on post for quickly. continued tzee notes. then flew along fence into Acacias between road & fence. flew beyond her to E. flew again to boxes to road. to 5-6 foot Acacia 10+ yds to S where sang softly. there over to fence where sang chatter song from fence post. first sang "whip-sing" - chatter song, but soft.
flew over to fence & into pile of dead Acacia branches. Picked at something several times but did not pick it up.
0725 - to ground near F.
0730 - to fence post just above where I last saw. silent. then flies 80+ feet to E + to earlier song post. gave several short whirper songs & loud chatter songs. - most of loud songs given when wheels passed on road, singing very infrequently (less than 3-4/min). many of songs are only partly completed.