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Collector: Grinnell-1925
Location: Mineral, 4800 ft.
Date: June 21
Page Number: 2487

are exceedingly fearless, probably because they have been
accustomed all along to forage about our camp-site. The
(male) sings from the ground, from bush-tips, from well up in
the pines and fir above - whether a person be at the
nest or not. The female is much the more solicitous, and
attentive to the nest and young. Right now I am sitting
by the nest, my face a little above its level and about
4 feet from it (the rim is 505 mm. above the ground).
The female hops all around me, on the ground and thru
the bushes. She comes to within a foot of my knee, as
close to my shoulder, evidently concerned but not
at all alarmed. She has fed the young twice, at 8:12
and 8:14, each time with food-stuffs from within her
bill. As she works about me, she is continually picking
up very small objects, all the while uttering a faint
"seat." She droops the wing-ends, and raises the tail
free of the ground; often the tail is turned at an
angle sideways, from the axis of the body. The male
hops about farther away, 8 - to 10 - foot radius, and
utters a much louder, metallic "klink" - then breaks
into full song. 8:29 - female just fed young a third time,
also swallowed excrement voided by the young. Fed again
at 8:31, then inspected nest closely - for excrement, but
none was forthcoming. Female has another note, which
I at first ascribed to a chipmunk - a low "chuckle",
voice-like. Fed again at 8:32 and 8:34, all food being
gathered within a radius of ten feet. Young then
shaded from the sunshine for half a minute; one

Collector: Grinnell-1925
Location: Mineral, 4800 ft.
Date: June 21
Page Number: 2487

are exceedingly fearless, probably because they have been
accustomed all along to forage about our camp-site. The
(male) sings from the ground, from bush-tips, from well up in
the pines and fir above - whether a person be at the
nest or not. The female is much the more solicitous, and
attentive to the nest and young. Right now I am sitting
by the nest, my face a little above its level and about
4 feet from it (the rim is 505 mm. above the ground).
The female hops all around me, on the ground and thru
the bushes. She comes to within a foot of my knee, as
close to my shoulder, evidently concerned but not
at all alarmed. She has fed the young twice, at 8:12
and 8:14, each time with food-stuffs from within her
bill. As she works about me, she is continually picking
up very small objects, all the while uttering a faint
"seat." She droops the wing-ends, and raises the tail
free of the ground; often the tail is turned at an
angle sideways, from the axis of the body. The male
hops about farther away, 8 - to 10 - foot radius, and
utters a much louder, metallic "klink" - then breaks
into full song. 8:29 - female just fed young a third time,
also swallowed excrement voided by the young. Fed again
at 8:31, then inspected nest closely - for excrement, but
none was forthcoming. Female has another note, which
I at first ascribed to a chipmunk - a low "chuckle",
voice-like. Fed again at 8:32 and 8:34, all food being
gathered within a radius of ten feet. Young then
shaded from the sunshine for half a minute; one