Apr. 24. Aransas River, 5 1/2 mi. ENE Skidmore Bee Co., Texas - overcast, calm. At 5:45 a.m. [illegible] singing along river S of L[illegible] hone - peta -- and terry -- -. Sang intermittely during the next hour. Spring Creek, 6 1/2 mi. ENE Skidmore, Bee Co., Texas 6:55 - [illegible] singing rapid tur --- NE of where march 30. #514 taken on I approached him cautiously and found him singing from conspicuous perch intop of an oak tree. I took this bird (#594) at 7:12. He had been singing tur -- and peta -- and was answered by a bird to the W. I followed the latter & found him in grove oak near where 514 taken (N of fence). The bird flew to a mesquite & too-up tree wh resumed singing; when I moved toward him he scolded yet -- -- and flew SW to live oak where I could n't see him & kept up this call for fully 6 minutes. I moved E & took a Fork Sharrow ; he moved downstream ? I stalked him again after 7:40 but he moved to live oak on W bank & I left him there singing. WIND FROM SE after 8:00, to 10 mph. I crossed the N tributary and wandered among oaks, resecting the windmill nest at 8:44 -- no activity by 9:04 so I walked toward creek and S along E bank. Inreached the quely running in from the E tributary at 9:07 and then heard song peta -- but was not sure of the direction. I walked S toward the large live oak where I had seen him ? on several occasions, arriving at 9:25. I was within the area over which he ranged (see March 31, 8:40 am; Apr 4, 6:45 a.m.) for 20 minutes and did not hear any song.