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Parus bicolor
March 8. 1 mile E College Station, 370 ft., Brazos Co., Texas
The woods here consist of oak trees closely spaced.
The "dominant" species (the only tall tree--perhaps 25 ft)
is the post oak (Q. stellata) identified by Eidemiller
by its leafless condition. There are a few black-jack
(Q. marilandica)
oaks which are smaller and retain their dead
leaves. There is a tall shrub layer, some plants
(hawthorn)
of which are out in fresh foliage (one black species may
be evergreen). There are also some smaller shrubs and
gresses just breaking through the sandy ground.
According to Dr. Chas. Lamothe, hickory is not common except
along streamcourses (he is Prof. of Botany at Texas A. & M.)
The day dawned clear but what appears to be fog
rolled in and is breaking up now (9:10) BREEZE FROM
SOUTH, VARIABLE VELOCITY, calm to 6 mph.
10:25 song wee to "we to we to" or "way tur way tur"
from +/- 125 yards N of fence -- singer in 25' post oak
flew 30 yards to W. Song "way ter" and scold
"sub dub dut" and "suck dut suck dut"
Silence at 10:32 (There had been song from E SW)
At 10:35 "speck yer" (liquid) and such det det from
chickadees to S W. 10:36 "Peter peter pete" from
where titmouse I had watched had flown. Silence
after one minute. Then a "chuck-a-dee" note higher
I thought than that of carolinensis
10:46 Titmouse on exposed upper branches of oak with
golden catkins singing "trick trick trick"
Male silent a yard lower in tree. Suddenly the