Field notes, v4454
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1980 R.L. Munne 2 Hermit Thrush Hastings Reservation. (15 Dec) it seems unlikely that all the birds we[illegible] captured were AHT. Furthermore, the only known AHT bird (banded by Pam lastwinter) lacked the buffy tips, so it is currently not clear 16 Dec Ran the 5H trough nets from 0745-0930, catching 3 new HT's, One already banded 18 Dec Went looking for banded birds today, 0800-1200, 1530-1700, and was mostly disappointed. See map on back for areas covered. In the big morning survey 13 unbanded thrushes on the slope of SHill, I saw 0 banded thrushes! I also saw: (1) Lots of birds eating Madrone berries, as expected (2) Evidence that at big fruit trees, birds are not always territorial: At the head of Big Ravine, lots of madrones, 2-3 thrushes in one tree at the same time. Occasionally I did see quick chases, but couldn't tell what was going on. Regardless, lots of overlap in ranges in that area. In other places, I saw single birds that could have been on territories, I suppose. In the afternoon, I surveyed all the suitable habitat I could find on the East face of Haystack, seeing only one NB HT in the upper part of 1800 Ravine, Finally, I watched the 5H water trough at dusk: 1 NB HT, and finally, Red-m/Dblue, the same bird caught there 15+16 Dec, Where are all the others? 19 Dec Another try at finding HT's. In the late AM I cruise