Field notes, v601
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KDixon 1951 Parus inornatus Nov. 2. Gray Rocks, 21 mi. NE Redding, 2500 ft., Shasta Co., Calif. CLEAR early, CLOUDING IN during forenoon, filmy. CALM. About 6:30 a.m. we heard titmouse calls downslope SE of camp. An hour later I heard 2 birds answered each other in closely spaced deciduous oaks on that same slope. (Both Digger and yellow pines there) Titmice silent after 8:00 After 10:00 I heard calls in buckeye and Black? oak on slope below Salamander cave on same slope (N of row of digger pines). Titmice and a Hutton Vireo moving along to westward with a flock of +8 Bush-tits. Titmice called only intermittently: rarely pickadee dee. Bush-tits dropped over slope to NW; titmouse in Digger Pine - I fired at it with .38 and it circled sharply while flying downward (in tight spiral) and flew downslope, apparently unharmed). Titmice heard calling subsequently in brush downslope but not seen nor heard, 11:00-3:00. Possibly not an established pair but rather drifting pair upslope or at upper limit of breeding range. Nov 3. +7 mi NE Weed, Siskiyo Co., Calif. - area of Great Basin sagebrush aspect (chiefly Purshia and? Canyothamnus) with scattered clumps of pine. This area did not appear to be Plain Titmouse habitat although a specimen was taken at the cave, 11 mi. NE Weed.