Field notes, v668
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May 4, 1960, Santa Rita Experimental Range E of U.S.89, SE Pima Co. Arizona 9:15-10a.m.MST. Turkey Vulture Gambel Quail Mourning Doves White-winged Doves Ladder-backed Woodpecker Mex. Crested Flyc. Horned Larks White-necked Ravens Bendire Thrasher - nest at 3' in teddybear cactus - 3 eggs Loggerhead Shrike Lucy Warbler Bullock Oriole Desert Sparrows speckled maroon on blue-green. 2610 May 4, 1960, Bog Springs & 1/2 mile dry trail, Santa Rita Mtns. N.Santa Cruz Co. Arizona 1020-noc Turkey Vulture Broad-billed Hummer Broad-tailed Hummer Red-shafted Flicker Arizona Woodpecker - Dryobates arizonae -1 in oaks. Acorn Woodpecker - 3 Ash-throated Flycatcher Beardless Flycatcher Bridled Titmouse Arizona Jay - Aphelocoma sieberi -8in flock Solitary Vireos Wilson Warblers Painted Redstarts - 4 Red-backed Junco - dark brown eye. Chipping Sparrows - 5 2611 May 4, 1960, Saguaro Nat. Monument Pima Co. Arizona - 7-9:30 p.m.MST. Clear,cool, windy! Elf Owl (heard calls only), and not too certain of their identity.Micropallas whitneyi. Bendire Thrasher Mourning Dove 2612 May 4 1960, Madera Canyon end of Road cmpgrnd. N.S.Cruz Co.: Arizona, Noon-4:30 p.m.MST. Turkey Vulture - 3 Rivoli Hummingbirds - violet crowns showed well. Broad-billed Hummeringbirds several Red-shafted Flickers Acorn Woodpeckers - pugnacious Arizona Woodpecker - 2 Ash-throated Flycatcher - 2 Beardless Flycatcher Olivaceous Flyc. Western Flyc. Arizona Jays - have resonous wing beats. sev. dozen. White-necked Ravens Robins Western Gnatcatchers Solitary Vireos Audubon Warblers - several adults. Painted Redstarts - 3 pair. east-facing nest with 4 flyable young in/4" diameter grass-lined nest, with 11/2" depth under fallen grass, with loose dirt bank below, preventing access. Banded "O" 41,49,50 and 52. 2 young flew 40 and 80 feet before banding. 3 left after banding. 31°42'N x 110°51'W. Scott Oriole - 2 pair Bullock Oriole 1 pr. Brown-hd. Cowbird - 2 pr. Western Tanager - 2 pair. Hepatic Tanager - 2 Black-headed Grosbeak - 4 pair. Calm and warm. 2613 May 5, 1960, Wilmot Road, N of Benson Hiway 1/2 mile,SE of Tucson, Pima Co. Arizona8:40-9:05MST Tall grass-mesquite-hackberry area. Mourning Dove White-wing Dove more common White-neck Raven Bendire Thrasher - 2 House Sparrow Brown-hd Cowbird HouseFiches Green-tailed Towhee - 12-20 Brown Towhees @ 10 Rufous-winged Sparrow - Aimophila calalis - 2 pr. White-crowned Sparrows - 23-30. 2614 799