Field notes, v601
Page 667
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R Dixon 1952 Parus bicolor Feb 5. 15 mi. W Bastrop, 600 ft., Bastrop Co., Texas elm patch to W at 8:47. As they foraged, sometimes 40-50 ft from me, I heard some call notes which I got down. See-schlet; sch-lup; see-vay (2nd note more prolonged than see-schlet) and a sharp see-t. Again, I am not sure that the same bird gave all of these. By 10:00 the two had moved to W edge of that elm patch and were at the edge of the clearing with larger area of green-stemmed thorn. I fired at one with little visible effect; it flew to small elm W and then apparently both birds worked across clearing to some W or into marshes S. No further trace of them - no song in ±the 20m I had watched them. I paced off the distance of 8:05 song tree to gap in fence W at 145 yds. Coming back to W-most elm patch, I happened upon a titmouse at 10:40. Bird in area where tits first seen Feb 3. It perched motionless on elm branch 15 ft or so up; later it gave Tsit increasingly loud. Tsit from NW made me think male might be there. I held fire, then took a shot and missed. I searched area subsequently and couldn't locate twice although chickadee- singing - myrtle warbles flock in area where location notes had originated. I left at 10:35 and worked E toward roadway. No activity in area E of dam. I then walked N out of bottomland area.