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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