Field notes, v1724
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STEAMER 1956 BUSH TIT (PUPARUS MINIMUS) FEB WILDCAT CANYON, CORTEZ COSTA CO, CALIF. 9:40 AM - SAW FLOCK OF FLYING BY 1'S & 2'S FROM OAK ACROSS ROAD TO SOME TYPE OF WINDOW. ABOUT 12-14 BIRDS, CANNING NOTES ZEE-ZEE-ZEE (ALL SUN TOGETHER) AS BIRDS WORKED THRU TREES SEEMINGLY INSERTING LEAVES IN A SORT OF TYPHOON FASHION. TREES ON SUNNY BRUSY SLOPE. 9:30 AM - SAME FLOCK WORKING THRU PUSSY WILLOWS' RIPARIAN ASSOCATION MAYS WILDCAT CANYON, CORTEZ COSTA CO, CALIF. 10:05 AM TWO AT NEST IN 6' BREECHAS BUSH HIGH ON NE FACING SLOPE. NEST NOT APPEARING CLOSELY BUT SEEMED TO BE ABOUT 6" LONG AND 203 3/4 INCHES THICK HANGING IN TOP 10 INCHES OF BUSH, BIRDS FRITTING CLOSE TO BUSH. I OBSERVED APPROACH & DESCRIBED NEST FOR GROUP - NEST ABOUT 8" LONG, COB WASS + MOSS, HOLE 1 1/2" O.A. GOING INTO SIDE OF TOP OF NEST. A BUSH TIT FLEW [illegible] IN TO BUSH WITH MOUTH FULL OF MOSS. I ENTERED NEST + LEFT MOSS & CAME OUT. OTHER ENTERED, LEFT MOSS & CAME OUT. NEST SUPPORTED BY PENCIL-SIZED TWIG NEAR BRANCHING. / CAME BACK WITH COB WASS + LEFT THEM IN NEST+ [illegible] IMMEDIATELY CAME OUT AGAIN. ALSO SOME LICHENS FOUND IN NEST. BIRDS LEFT NEST FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES THEN