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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.