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K Dixon
1951
Parus atricriatatus
Mar 6. Resaca 1/2 mi. SW Olmito, Cameron Co., Texas.
Cool, foggy overcast. Dense tangle of ebony & other trees all sapling form + 20 ft high (reproduction?)
Song "cheer cheer cheer cheer" given at infragreat intervals by bird I could not see. Then "dehadee dee" as I got closer and tail repeated at intervals.
(This at 9:40 am) The song was given again in two "bursts" each one farther to the west and deeper into the thicket of closely spaced saplings.
No further calls after 9:47 although I worked along edge of clearing to SW until 10:10.
resaca
wooded
clearing
+ 250 yds.
titmouse here