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B.Aldrich
1958
Pinyon Jay (many seen & mostly heard - so loud can be heard 1 mi. away. Appears
to be in flocks some members of which
are immatures & yet begging for food
& chasing parents. Occasionally heard them
giving calls similar to Prairie Falcon even at rest)
- Flicker (sp?) - Heard the wick-wick-wick
call of an ordinary Scanting But-shafted
Flicker - Heard at Thomas ranch in bosques.
- Arizona Woodpecker (one seen in
Chilopsis covered wash in Cedar Ceder
Canyon giving "wuck" type note similar
to Brewer Blackbird)
- Coctus Wren (one seen & about 10 old nests
in Opuntia on way to Thomas Ranch)
- Gambel Quail (One heard)
- Desert Sparrow (common in low brush in washes
& not seen far up hillsides)
- Red-tailed Hawk (2 sun pair?)
- Mockingbird (about 3 heard in Cedar Canyon - also
occasionally seen in Joshua forests)
- Goldtated Warbler (about 5 seen - None singing)
- Brewer Sparrow (several seen in brush of dry
washes in Cedar Canyon - seem to be more widely
separated than Desert Sparrows) Often heard singing
- Violet-green Swallow (2 circled about me several
times not more than 30' high. White nearly meeting