El Salvador field notes, v4515
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song was big and loud, Dad said like that of a Carolina Wren. I believe we have mistaken this for Cardinals song at times. One was building a nest in a thorny sort of tree. Greasy sort of material was used. The nest was both suggestive of a Blue Wren and of a Nardys. Many parts of feets were near [illegible] indicating holes similar to Blue Wrens. Often the nests were just beyond a wasps nest on the limbs. Apparently no nests had eggs that we noted. A bird the size of a cassin with a line over the eye and a broad tail was common. The note was cassin still but poorer, different quality. A large Jay was seen fairly frequently. It had no crest but they have had a few long feathers. The head was black and the rest a deep blue. Two warblers were heard. One sounded like a yellow warbler. The other I believe was the same as the song of the warbler we got on the