Field notes, v601
Page 309
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KDixon 1957 Parrus atricenisstabus 13. Feb 28. Santelena Wildlife Refuge, further scolding notes, At 10:47 one bird in brush W apple box, another in whitebark tree to E. (Time out for photos) 11:00-pair in trees at N end of coral & E of road. They worked over the lichen on several ebony & one soft bark tree SE of house. At 11:20 each bird dropped into bucket of grain beside duck cage to pick up a grain wheat or cut corn and carry it up to a limb to eat it. I strolled out again at 11:55 and found one titmouse in ebony tree on west side of house at bend. As I rounded S end of house, it flew up from corn bucket. Then first flew over house to join second. At 12:10 they were in couple of large ebonies due E of house. No further observations until 2:55 when pair of titmice flew into ebonics NW front porch from trees W. They foraged there for a while, giving sit notes Tsee tsee see si dit followed by a scold from same trees at 3:17 I saw one titmouse in dense brush along the Rio Grande at 5:00 pm - bird calling sit sit continually. Mate may have been in area. At 5:25 scalds see set set loud from ebony tree at SE corner of house. I saw 2 titmice in tree over- hanging duck pens. Scolding continued and seemed to be directed toward green jays at least two of which also were present. The high thin see see identical to "fear note" of P. inornatus was given when a jay took flight from a limb higher in the tree and also when a Cara- cara flew overhead. Within a few minutes I