K Dixon 1951 20. Pareus atricinctatus March 1. Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge Bird actually chased another into mesquite across roadway then flew back NE to "A" to join mate. No calls but intruder permitted to remain in mesquite NE of "B" in area defended by yard pair at 9:20. 10:35 one bird flew SW to "B", other in mesquite to NE. Pair in "A" gave sit sit. W bird flew to ebony E of B and one, then other, of yard pair flew S one in particular moved toward intruder giving very soft see chakup twice. Action of "owners" seemed to be to scare intruder off top of bough; they flipped their tails nervously. Intruder flew to mesquite SE of "B"; only then did he give soft dub dub dub. Yard pair continued to forage in tree sit sit (10:38). By 10:42 pair in mesquite at SW corner of clearing presumably having moved 25 yards from Tree "B" sit location note. Yard pair two trees where they located giving location notes. I watched one bird forage consecutively on inside of seed pod of ebony (seed not taken), stub end, twig bark twice, stub end, twig bark. At 10:45 both in next tree E. 11:05 tchrrrse in trees at SW corner of house called sickadee dee dee dub dub dit as I walked by but did not move. Calls from SW corner of clearing where birds had been at 10:42. [I] had checked on tree SSW of "C" and found a vertical cavity there where bird had looked in; I replaced orn or cover of bucket beside duck pen. At 11:13 a labored tall chuk dit dit dit dit from tree "B" repeated over & over. Two above in upper part of that ebony both giving call steadily. One green jay in that tree.