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Transcription
CELESTES
1956
CALIFORNIA THREESPINE (TOXOSTOMA REDIVIVUM)
FEB 13 U.C. BOTANICAL GARDENS, BERKELEY, ALAMEDA CO., CALIF.
11:15 AM - HEARD THEN SAW SINGING BIRD
ABOUT 20' UP IN DEAD SMOKY TREE.
CURVED BILL NOTICEABLE. SONG - EACH
PHRASE GIVEN TWICE MOST OF TIME
EXCEPT FOR ONE PETO-PETO-PETO-PETO
PETO" HEARD IN THIS NUMBER (5)
SEVERAL TIMES. SONG CONTINUED FOR
PERHAPS A MINUTE OR SO AT A TIME
WITH A MINUTE OR TWO OF SILENCE.
BIRD BROKE OFF SINGING EACH TIME A
STELLAR JAY CALLED FROM NEARBY
PINES, THEN SANG AGAIN WHEN
JAY STOPPED.