Field notes, v1752
Page 311
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5/6th 1986 journal 71. Sagelen, cont'd May 3 a slight rise to the S. of the net. I followed the calls with the tape recorder and got a good sample of flight calls as the bird then took off to the N towards 40 at the net. Deb pointed her out in a near tree, then she swooped down and was caught in the net. - Bird 387 - a light-colored Q type 2 -- lone bird. Between 10:00 and about 11:00 no sign of other crossbills until a pair of QQ arrived, and one was immediately caught - Bird 388. The other came down - I threw some sticks to flush her into the net, but it didn't faize her and she slowly hopped up and over to 387, who was on top of the trude. She gave an extensive series of flight calls, which was sampled for about 40 or more calls. She escaped. Between then and 2:00 pm (or 13:00) the weather was extremely variable and snow fell, occasionally large flakes came in a burst, followed by sun patches. We saw more yellow- rumped warblers, mt Chickadees, n.b. nuthatches, fox sparrows, junco, evening grosbeaks. Two fishermen and