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KDixon
1949
6.
Parus wollwekeri
April 29
8mi. S Whiteriver, 6100 ft., Navajo Co., Arizona
At 7:50 I ran onto a pair of Plain Titmice on
this same E-facing slope (no vegetation real) in what I took
tobe the adjacent territory to the north. This pair did
not appear to be nesting and I saw what I took to be a
sexual chase.
At 8:45 I heard song of Bridled N W-facing slope opposite
point where Bridlot had sung at 6:47. This B sang contin-
uously from 8:47 until 9:09. He was apparently alone as I
followed and watched him during this time. Once I saw him
kick at a drying oak leaf. After 9:09, I heard a grating,
finger-like call dub dub dub dub dick duft which I
thought was from the F but at 9:15 the bird gave pet pet
song then resumed call. Bird also gave soft tuist uit
and a "fear call" see see see when I moved. Then a
more grating gra aa at (nasal) The bird sang again in
this same oak (since 9:09) and flew downslope at 9:20.5.
He worked N along lower edge of the woodland bordering on
grassland. I lost him at an (outpost?) junct at 9:24
but later heard him sing farther to the south. Was this
continuous singing an indication of an unmated bird?
Wind since 8:00 has been strong from S (up to ±12 mph).
Is it possible that this is the bird which sang from the West
side?
Up slope to west again and N of Plain Titmouse territory
Pet pet song 9:40 - 9:46; then bird flew upslope. Another
to alone apparently (Bird had given a fear call in the
middle of his song when a Sparrow Hawk passed close