Field notes, v601
Page 249
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K Dixon 1951 Parus bicolor Apr. 8, 3 1/2 mi. S in Bastrop Co., Texas 8 mi. E Delvalle, Travis Co. I was taken to this area virtually at the eastern boundary of Travis County by Mr. Edward Kincaid of Austin. It may be reached by driving about 1 1/2 to 2 miles S of Delvalle and then driving 6 miles E on a gravel road. SUNNY, CALM. We stopped in an area of woodland to S of the road, chiefly cedar elm but hackberry present and mesquite also away from the brook. Kincaid said that a tongue of mesquite extended into this area from the SW. We arrived about 4:00 pm and walked around for some time without hearing any tennessee. (Kincaid had seen a party here last Sunday). We heard song to E about 4:20 and then saw a tennessee fly along the brook and we watched it forage in cedar elms. It disappeared to the N across the road into an area of mesquite. About 4:40 a tennessee flew in from the N of the brook and we watched it again. In both cases the bird had a black forehead and gray crest? same bird both times? This bird flew but we were unable to locate its destination. At about 4:50 we crossed the road into the mesquite, working to NE of the area of cedar elms along the brook. About 5:00 we heard song peter peter peter from SE across the road and thought our bird had gone there (I had diagnosed this situation as being a silent & foraging for food for incubating mate & had expected him to appear with her any moment). Then Kincaid saw a bird enter brush at the base of a mesquite - it came out and sang peter -- from a mesquite