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K.Dixon
1951
Paris bicolor
Mch 10 1 mi E College Station, 370 ft, Brazos Co., Texas
4:30. I moved W and caught up with the pair there along a small streamcourse leading NW. Both foraged in a fallen tree draped with Spanish moss; occasional 'Teet' notes were given. One bird, then the second flew W and we watched them foraging on small branches which were covered with foliose lichens. They gave some attention to the plate-like lichens. The two birds gave very soft contact notes rather frequently and definitely seemed to be a pair. No more loud calls nor song before the pair moved SW and out of sight at 4:40. We returned to the house via the same route but heard no more 'teet' mouse calls.
Mch 11. OVERCAST; CALM. I arose at 6:00 a.m. at which time I heard roosters crowing. At 6:05 I heard a mockingbird singing; others sang subsequently. At 6:15 the light meter indicated no reading - no other birds singing. At 6:18 a 'Teet' mouse NW the house began singing 'peter -- ' from the same locality as the first song yesterday. At 6:20 the light meter indicated 0.5 foot-candles. At 6:22, Mourning Dove called - other birds began to be heard 'teet' of ? sharrow. At 6:25 Carolina Chickadee heard, meter read 1.0 foot candles (General Electric Light meter with hood off held vertically).
Mch 13. 9 mi NW Bryan in Robertson Co., Texas. I was driven to this area by John Wood of the Texas Coop. Wildlife Unit, a student of fur-bearing mammals. The area I hunted in was a woodland similar to areas described above. The same bird fauna was present except that