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KDixon
1948
Pipilo fuscus
2.
Dec. 23
7 mi. S Dulzura, ±1300 ft., San Diego Co., Calif.
(#315), the other disappearing. Farther up the
road, 2 towhees flew up from the 1-ft high Lotus
to perch & in dead upper branches of a sumac.
I shot one and Dehnel wounded the other which had
flown to the adjacent Rhus. I took the latter as
he went after a Calif. Jay in the nearby oaks.
Those birds were mixed in Dehnel's coat pockets
but I believe that they were my numbers 313+314.
(See Journal account for this date).
Dec 28.
3 mi SE Boulevard, ±3400 ft., San Diego Co., Calif.
Area of open chaparral (Adenostoma fasciculatum
A. sparsifolium, principally; also Ceanothus marginata,
yucca mohavensis + whipplei, juniper, scrub oak).
at south base of rocky hill. Wind strong ENE from
E. 1200 AM (DST) Pair of towhees flushed,
the birds flying without giving call notes. Later
Dehnel shot one in a red-stalk brush. I
heard another call (a sharp "chip") from
higher on slope but did not see the bird which
kept to cover & didn't call again. In area
11:25-12:40 - spotted Towhees not heard.
1 mi W Campo, 2500 ft., San Diego Co., Calif.
Chaparral chiefly Adenostoma fasciculatum 3ft
high + scrub oak with scattered live oak
trees. This area on NW bank of Campo Creek
appeared to have been burned over 3 or 4 years
ago. I heard a Brown Towhee call "chip" from