Parus Mch 19. 4 mi E Skidmore, Bee Co., Texas The bird was in mesquite just S of the road, singing peta - -. A "flock" of grackles there too. As I moved within range, movement of cattle disturbed titmice which flew E & sang within Rodriguez property - no answer from pair SE. I searched area 20 S for 600 yards or so again but located no titmice so I left area at 11:45. Other birds saw in area except for a concentration where pair seen after 10:00 - possibly due to sheltered situation in denser growth. Mch 24. Live Oak Creek, 2 1/2 mi NE Somerset, Bexar Co., Texas 2:30 pm, cloudy. I heard calls chee det det det det or chek deb det nuthatch-like from leafy deciduous tree growth along the streambanks. Much of surrounding uplands was mesquite. I had a glimpse of one bird - neat blackish, forehead not discerned. Mch 25. 3 mi ENE Skidmore, Bee Co., Texas Cloudy with occasional showers following rain last night; light breeze from the SE. I hunted in an area S of the road about 1 mi E of the ranch house (due S of last house N of road) from about 9:00 to 10:30 am. About 9:30 I heard a titmouse call in the brushy mesquite-covered area and located a single titmouse. Its call was approximately chee det-det, det-det det over & over-. The bird moved along with a flock of small birds, loosely organized but seeming to follow the titmice whenever it called. Included were Blue-gray grackler (120) Black-and-white Warbler (3 or 4),