Field notes, v601
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KDixon 1951 Parus atricristatus Feb 28. Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge possible third pair but encountered more in 50 yards. WIND BLOWING STRONGLY FROM SOUTH; CLEAR. 9:20 - W pair foraging in ebony SE of where they were at 9:10. call note set given frequently - once see set as a Green Jay flew by (recognized as an enemy? or bird started by movement?) Birds still worked on Tillandsia quite a bit. (latter hangs in "bunches" 12-18" long) 9:28 both started N in mesquite toward house. By 9:31 in mesquite at S end of house; 9:33 one flew E to ebony or drive, 9:34 see set up as one chase the other along a twig - sprouting limb; latter flew 15 feet W to leafless tree & foraged. Meanwhile no calls from pair toward coral. 9:38 call see set up from E of drive & W of coral. Tutornae I was watching flew W over house to legume tree there. 10:40 I thought one flew E, then saw pair in mesquite SW See sunit suit from south of house in stories at 9:43 (second pair here) and third pair to E of house 100 ft NE of second pair(?) During the next 6 minutes I was not able to find any twice E of drive & W of coral - couldn't intree from [Carolina Wren] find any bird which any treet treet came? At 9:55 a pair of Ttwice in smooth barked tree SE of house (near duck pen) - they flew N W over house into ebony here - I walked all along W side of house & found nothing. Then at 10:02 totrnose at wedge of grove & another in "second moss - covered tree" 10:06 - 2 in tree where first had been, none in "moss covered". 10:07 - pair 70 feet S of moss covered in ebony [=tree "8" #6] map, p. 15