K Rixon 1951 Pareus atricristatus March 1 Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge Cloudy morning, the clouds being moved along by winds from the SE. I waited in vicinity of Tree "A" 6:50 - 7:05 No calls or activity At 7:08 calls vet vet vet from ebonics W side of house at "Bend". Calls continued and there was no action at Tree "A" so I approached source of calls & found 2 birds in long tree one called vet vet continually and the other called pip occasionally. The caller moved to Tree C at 7:18 & mate joined him a minute later. Caller led again to trees E of "A" and bride perched in last leafless tree to E then simultaneously flew down to second stump W[illegible] pole at 7:20. Scolds stopped, just sit notes. At 7:22 both foraged in dead weedy growth in lake a few feet N. At 7:24 one bird in mesquite 4/3 of way to live fan palm sang hear hear twice. Birds then moved N into mesquite & at 7:27 I heard sound of scolds. Soft sit sit notes later 7:38 sang hear hear in mesquite 100 ft N of fan palm singer in other part of mesquite, near erect. Birds foraging there picking at objects on smaller twigs at 7:42 as I left. At 7:55 I heard a call and saw a titmouse foraging in Tree "B" At 7:57 it gave see si dit dit (just like ticka deckee in rhythm). This bird continued foraging, mainly on lichens. At 8:02 I heard a note sit and saw a titmuse in the tree NE of B. Then I saw a second tit fly into a mesquite across the roadway. These appeared to be of the houseyard pair I had seen to N (last at 7:42). They were silent as though creeping up to the back fence