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Maclura
1968
(4)
(18 May) thrown in. If so - a full series of 4-6
of these is given, then pause and flap,
then baird-note. i.e. - I heard display
without je-jew, but never without the
baird-note.
the white-rump-like je-jew is also
used in ground display. At one point I
heard the note coming from the ground behind
a small rise ca. 40 m. away. When I
topped the rise I saw one bird making a
short flight (ca. 5 feet) toward another bird
on the ground. When they saw me they flew
so I did not actually see the ground display.
the focus of activity that I saw involved at
least 2-3 displaying simultaneously plus 1
additional bird that did not display (I saw the
3 in the air together at one time). There were
probably more, but I was most concerned with
documenting the display.
In the one case that I clearly saw
a bird land it did not hold wing(s) in
air after landing.
In the afternoon I climbed the hill
NE of Mastodon Fork. Found none there so
I continued on to ridge to the east. Found
a bird displaying off of the east of the
broad saddle in the ridge. Saw it land
in the rocky So. part of the spool, ca. 1/4 mi.