April 1 Aransas River, 5 1/2 mi ENE Skidmore, Bee Co., Texas my shotgun and, knowing that I was trespassing, fired hastily three times. I lost track of the bird and fear that he was wounded and lost. I retraced my steps along the S bank, getting my landmarks and locating the area where I had taken #498, listening but hearing no townee call. I went E and relocated the point where I had taken 523-524. It was now 9:20 and I walked SE through the liveoaks to the corner gate at the end of the road (mapped in my journal for March 19) [I had heard townee song there after 7:00 am this morning] I heard song peta peta and crawled under fence S of road moving S through the mesquite for several hundred yards. It became evident to me that two birds were exchanging songs; they appeared to be moving S, within 50 yards of the Rodriguez fence. One singer at 9:40 moved a bit NW of the other continuing its song but weakly keeping ahead of me as I tried to stalk it. It shifted perch several times, once flying 20 yards or so W, but keeping up its song. When I was in sight the bird gave see see a "fear note" then alternated see tee (not plaintive) and peta peta peta the melodious song. (Other bird continued to answer from SE). I finally took the solitary bird (#525) with a half load. (This may have been the individual I fired at farther W on March 25). I went over to the fence and walked S, following the singing of which moved S in oaks and mesquite a few yards west of