Field notes, v569
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Cogswell 1950 Spezella passerina 6 Aug 16 (cont'd). 1117 - young has disappeared downslope into memulas, still calling. 1119 1/2 - observers move 15ft closer. 1119 3/4 - ad. scold briefly 1120 - ad. flew from near young & onto bare ground by edge of alders above memulas. Then up on wood deleris & into alders 1121 - young now calling from within dense alders 1123 - ad - hopping among dense sedges & then onto open ground by telephone pole. Chased flying insect 15ft. downslope, but it dropped into water of pool & bird ignored it. 1125 - ad - hopping on slope by memulas & apparently on into alders near young, which is still calling near, 1126 1/2 - ad - flew to top of tallest alders of thicket 1127 3/4 - " " away over thicket to SE, 100+ft. away 1130 - " flew back over top of alders, dropped quickly into gap of alder canopy near young which soon gave speckled up food calls as if it being fed 1131 - ad. flew SE again over top of alders. 1135 - ad. flew NW into lower branches of pine across stream, 70ft. E of young. 1135 3/4 - ad. flew into alders close to young hopped thru branches to it. 1137 - ad. away to SE again, but near pines 1139 - observations ended.