Field notes, v569
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Cogswell 1950 Spizella breweri 1 June 22 (late pm) E side Boca Reservoir, 3600 ft, Nevada Co., Calif. many singing from low sagebrush + antelope brush (bushes) on flat & gently sloping land. June 25 Sierra Valley, 4900 ft, Sierra & Plumas Cos, Calif. Found in sagebrush areas fronting on broad wet grassy valley. About 10 heard singing as we drove 40+ miles of highway at mid day. June 27 Little Washoe L, 5020 ft, Washoe Co., Nev. - 1 singing from tall stand of sagebrush on slope S of lake. June 28 (late am) E side Boca Res [see above] - about 20 found in 2 hrs spent walking slowly across sage brush - antelope brush flat. Several were in song; some fledglings so small that they I must be of this sp. were found scuttling among the bushes. July 10 about 10 found on a similar coverage. 2 NESTS, each with 3 bright blue eggs, were also found. They are placed in the region of abruptly spreading branches about 6 inches to a foot below the leaf canopy of Artemisia tridentata bushes. The shrub canopy density near the nests is not over 35%, the interstices being pebbly ground or sparse herds. July 11 A third NEST with 3 eggs found in a similar location nearby. July 24 about 20 (including several fledglings + some apparently independent juveniles) in this same area. 2 singing, 2 Two were heard singing [none singing on July 10].