Field notes, v492
Page 185
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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