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Banks
1959
2. leucophrys
28
June 22
4 mi W Westport sea level Gray Harbor Wash.
Landed on a fencepost. For a long while I
chased 609 around the same driftwood pile
where 607 had been. They are probably mates.
610 was singing -- -- - from a fir. This
may be bird that flew this direction after
singing from a driftwood was a hundred yds.
or so away. 611 is one of a pair of birds who
led me a long chase. 612 is the other. Both both
with one shot, altho the second bird flew
a way + I wasn't sure. One of these had
been singing the simple song -- - -
This seems, contrary to what I have
said earlier, to be the most common type
bee. A variation adds 2 or 3 notes --
to the end. This last pair, in their chase, had
outlined a territory of about 50 x 30 yds.
2 mi S, 3 mi E Westport, sea level, Gray Harbor Wash.
Barbed at this area and across the road from
it. Quiet when I arrived about 7:30 P.M., but soon
at least 2, perhaps 3 birds started singing, one
far off. As I stood quietly near a pile of dead
brush, a bird appeared + perched for several
minutes. It began to chip, and another bird
joined it from across the road, also chipping -- it
had been singing -- - - - . This is
the same place I heard a bird sing a different song
yesterday morning. The chipping was on a