El Salvador field notes, v4515
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was the kingbird like Myiarchus with the rattle now that we saw at Mayatan. We saw sparrow in the bushes. He was brown above, even light gray brown below and a light line above the eye. He was the size of a Crown Sparrow and had a similar chip note. The habits were quite sparrow like. Glimpses of one woodpecker about the size of a Gilded Flicker more later. It was not a flicker however but sound rather more like a gila or Dryobates. Another woodpecker, probably cactus, was heard but not seen. Two Wrens were found; one a small plain little bird gray below – brown above with a barred tail and the size of a Winter Wren. It had a very big, loud clear song and a typical Wren chatter; the other larger Wren was apparently the same as that shot on the Islands. The note was heard which was more like the.