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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.