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Coppell (+18 hardly)
1950 (campers) "Journal" 27
Morning Bird Chorus Record
July 7 S.E. border of Cowgill Meadow & forest along N base
of Diardy Peak & Crow's Nest,
mosquitoes already out.
1 0330 - Pacific Standard Time - Start of Observations
0336 - Lincoln's Sparrow sang - the first bird heard
0339 - " " " (2nd individual)
0339½ - Traille's Flycatcher - call note
0340 - White-crowned Sparrow - 1st song, thereafter steady
0340½ - Traille's Flycatcher - sang
0346 - W. Wood Pewee - "
0348 - North Star now barely visible
0349 - Hammond's Flycatcher - gave 2 "see-jit" calls
0351 - Robin - singing near ledge (one near
us began several minutes later)
0353 - Chipping Sparrow . . song
0354 - Black-capped Warbler - "tzip" call note still at
observers moved 150± ft. farther on edge of forest
0358 - Hammond's Flycatcher - full "see-jit" peak
tzip
song
0400 - Hermit Thrush - singing in forest below
us. may have been doing so some time; extraneous noises came
trouble. (S.P.R.R.)
0401 - West. Tanager - "jit-tit" calls, followed by song steady chorus
0403 - Audubon's Warbler - song
0405 - Black-capped Warbler - 1st heard singing
0408 - Evening Grosbeak - calls heard north star
Venus, Jupiter, & the moon are still bright. invisible.