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Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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March 16 most common, followed by Type 3. Later,
more birds were lured-in, but it
wasn't possible to assess flock
membership since birds seemed to be
mixing, and call types even seemed
to be mixing. At one point a
Type 2 ♂ was with 4 others, but
then he flew off alone without the
others. A total of 11 were captured.
We made some observations of
foraging -- all on Doug fir cones still
on the trees. We then left the
area and moved on to the North.
we stopped at one point and walked
around near the river -- we saw
some small flocks of type 3 and
Type 4, and I also heard one or two
type 2 toops. Later, we went to
the Bishop Pine forest near Inverness
to check things out -- no Type 2's
as might have been expected -- only
one Type 3 bird flying over to the
North. No evidence of any nesting
anywhere... no song, no juveniles
seen today. Later, in the afternoon,
I took the captives up to ABS for