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K Dixon
1951
Bicolor
5.
Mar 9. 1 mi E College Station, 370 ft., Brazos Co. Texas
9:52 one bird in oak W fence flew S[SE]; mate there was a [illegible]
9:55 peter peter peter from middle of woods where 2nd
bird had flown a couple of minutes before. No more activity
vocal.
possibly because of my crashing over the leaves. I heard no
more Adnice in next 15 minutes in those woods so I crossed
road & clearing into woods to N.
Passerines in general seemed to be less active than at
this time yesterday. OVERCAST, calm.
10:24 - song from woods to S "peter peter" - I went
back there but found no Adnice. 10: 48 teter teter teter
from woods 50 yards farther S and tree* tree*tree*
from woods E of firebreak. The one bird was well to
the S (2nd property line at least) so I didn't try
to locate it but moved N.
In the area of woods with burned off ground growth
(where I found pair after 10:00 yesterday) I heard
song beaver beaver beaver at 11:15 and a similar
song farther to the E NW. Then singer closer to me stopped
and I saw a chase involving 2 Adnice in the woods
some 40 ft away from me* The pursuit was earnest, involving
tight turns" around tree trunks etc: NO CALL NOTES
audible to me at that distance. Meanwhile song of distant
bird continued. Was this a sexual chase or weather
actually an interloper? Then song "beaver - -" from
area where pursuit last seen but song lasted only a
minute. No other call nor further activity. I
moved on through the woods to S (clicksakes simultaneo
4-bird quadrel among
50 ft to S)