Field notes, v601
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K Dixon 1951 Parus atricristatus Feb 27. Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge At 1:45 a pair foraging in what looked like an elderberry tree at N end of corral. At 1:48 a titmouse in tile NW house where I had seen two birds at 11:45. Thus three pairs present in this limited area (perhaps). I followed the latter bird as he worked S foraging silently until 2:05. Then it commenced calling see stick ch see sticka dee see wip almost like the see cheep of P. inornatus. Call used most was see sticka dee and trip more plaintive than previously. See sticka deh deh and see sticka stuck up were further variations, always introduced by the high-pitched thin note. I never heard an answer that I thought was a D. Meanwhile the bird foraged on Spanish moss, twigs and frostbitten? dead leaves [illegible] the former. When I moved on at 2:13 bird still alone. The titmice were not easy to follow for their tait tait notes were duplicated by warblers in the tree with them. At 3:15 two titmice were together in trees NW house. I [E=stony] put up a feeding tray in mimosa tree at S end of trees W house and another on a corral fencepost. Feb 28. At 7:00 a.m., the approximate time of sunrise, titmouse started calling from an ebony tree heavily decked with Spanish moss W of house — see si vut vut see si vut vut At 7:02 from a tree SW (beside old tank) "petur pet tur" a song. Bird then flew to trees beside telephone pole NE and sang sheer ~~~~~ or hear~~~.