Field notes, v601
Page 203
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Parus carolinensis Mch 8. 1 mi. E College Station, 370 ft., Brazos Co., Texas 10:05 - squabble in woods 100 yards N of clearing tiddle-ee-yap slurred and "kissa kissadee lee dee" slurred; also "kiddle-ee-yap yap" a continual chatter which carried well, making me feel that the birds actually were closer at hand. Fight still going on at 10:25 very "clay see daw" exchanged by birds E & W; mate of W bird giving "kissadee dee dee dee daw" 10:35 "speel-yur speel-yur" and "ti li didi didi" from 4 chickadees together in woods - 2 calling farther E also Pair came close to me "techa dee dee di di did" "speel yur" (of one) and "see see see" high, thin (from excitement ?) At 6:25 pm (sun was setting) I heard calls of two birds to the SW of the Eidemiller residence (I had not noted this species there during the last 24 hours). The birds continued to call until approximately 6:32. Mch 9. 9:50 chickadee in leafed out undershrub singing see-tee see-bee over & over, then a dry store-yap more titmouse like. Bird moved south into other shrubs & continued "see-tee see-bee" Mch. 11. OVERCAST, CALM Chickadee began song see-tee at 6:25 when overhead light intensity was 10 foot-candles (see under Parus bicolor for full particulars