Field notes, v600
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KDixon 1949 Parus inornatus Feb 18. Strawberry Canyon, Univ Calif Campus, Alameda Co., Calif. are different individuals. Mar 12. Univ. Calif. Campus, Berkeley, Alameda Co., Calif. 8:05 AM - high overcast; calm. Noted pair of titmice inspecting old Cliff Swallow nests above SE entrance to Life Sciences Bldg. One bird seemed to be inspecting more nests, although merely peering into entrance while clinging to nest. The other, entirely independent of the first, was active about the nests some 20 feet away and peered into one in the minute or so that I watched. I judged the latter to be a male. Soft "conversational" notes were given by the birds intermittently. No Cliff Swallows in area. Mar 15. Berkeley, Alameda Co., Calif. BE 7 - 4135 Received a titmouse found dead in garden at 2411 March 14. Hillside Ave by Mrs. FF Hall of Bird banded by me (41- 39593) near Botanical Garden June 1, 1947 as juvenile. It was a 8" weighing 16.2 gm. Apparent cause of death a broken neck and blood clots on brain, possibly the result of collision or perhaps being struck by another bird. Left testis measured 6 mm x 4 mm, right testis of equal size but disintegrating. Bird had traveled an air line distance of ± 1150 yards from point of banding. (Mr Hall on Apr 8 stated that neither he nor his wife had seen this individual prior to finding it dead).