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White Crowned Sparrow.
17 Feb. Bancroft, along ath. Field, acrossf. Epis. Church
2 White Crows. One sang a couple week songs,
The other was feeding a little distance away,
flew to wall along ath. Field, First one gave
'peent' note, seemingly alarmed. 4 other
white crowns feeding in grass a short
distance E., but W. of dive into ath. Fld.
Between LSB and Cahif. Hall. a Bird
singing in shrub a bout 12 yds. S. of
flagpole. Bird hidden in bush gave
'peent' note when I approached, remained
hidden One on top (?) continued singing,
?, inside, gave waddled till. ?,
disturbed gave waddled fanned tail
several times, charged portion and
fluttered wings. Movement of branches
indicated that ? had moved very close
below him. ? returned to original position,
waddled twice more. ? continued to
sing, lobbed, wagged tail a few times.
? gave repeated 'peent' as pedestrian traffic
increased. This seems to be at or near
the location Blanchard studied.
24 Feb. Bancroft, along ath. Field . One White
crown feeding in grass. Flew to cement wall,
then to Cottonwood Tree. After a few minutes
flew to sidewalk, where other joined it. In a
few minutes both were feeding in grass. Near
W. and U strip, by central ticket office.
About 30 yds. farther E., another pair stayed
hidden in shrubbery.