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Transcription
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