| S2 Page 72Collector: Grinnell - 1925
Location: Mineral, 4800 ft.
Date: July 8
Page Number: 2525
observation apply. We have often ^before head or seen one
or both old birds here within a 100 yards radius.
For the most part they stay up in the trees above the
25-foot level, but occasionally they forage. For
example, last evening I watched one fly-catching down
about the bases of pines and firs, and within the rank
ground vegetation, often stooping to the very ground to
snap up an insect, with a little bill-click. This
bird all the while uttered the faint soft "pit" of the species.
this morning I located the pair by hearing the rather
sharp "see-put" or "see-pert" of the male, and then the "pit"
of the female. Soon I located the objects of their interest,
four young out of the nest, tails not yet full length,
perching near together among the branches toward the
center of a lodgepole about 25 feet up. The old [female symbol]
I shot, unintentionally, instead of a young one. The
latter, now one and then the other, fly out after
him, there is a melee, and evidently it is fed.
The "pit" note has not been given since I shot the [female symbol], only
the "see-pert." Just shot one of the young Hammond
Flycatchers out of a lodgepole, fully 40 feet up; the others
are similarly aloft. I can heard a faint food-call from
them - "chlip."
One or more Crossbills just flew over, saying
"chup - chup - chup" - sharp notes in 3's, somewhat
after the manner of a Willow Goldfinch.
Repaired to the place where the Calliope | S2 Page 72Collector: Grinnell - 1925
Location: Mineral, 4800 ft.
Date: July 8
Page Number: 2525
observation apply. We have often before head or seen one
or both old birds here within a 100 yards radius.
For the most part they stay up in the trees above the
25-foot level, but occasionally they forage. For
example, last evening I watched one fly-catching down
about the bases of pines and firs, and within the rank
ground vegetation, often stooping to the very ground to
snap up an insect, with a little bill-click. This
bird all the while uttered the faint soft "pit" of the species.
this morning I located the pair by hearing the rather
sharp "see-put" or "see-pert" of the male, and then the "pit"
of the female. Soon I located the objects of their interest,
four young out of the nest, tails not yet full length,
perching near together among the branches toward the
center of a lodgepole about 25 feet up. The old female
I shot, unintentionally, instead of a young one. The
latter, now one and then the other, fly out after
him, there is a melee, and evidently it is fed.
The "pit" note has not been given since I shot the female, only
the "see-pert." Just shot one of the young Hammond
Flycatchers out of a lodgepole, fully 40 feet up; the others
are similarly aloft. I can heard a faint foo-call from
them - "chlip."
One or more Crossbills just flew over, saying
"chup - chup - chup" - sharp notes in 3's, somewhat
after the manner of a Willow Goldfinch.
Repaired to the place where the Calliope |
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