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Collector: Grinnell - 1925
Location: Lassen County (Mineral)
Date: June 14-15, 1925
Page Number: 2465

nearby and, to my astonishment, perched at the
top of an outermost twig for fully 5 minutes without
changing its location, every now and then giving its
song. The bird would change position only to the
extent of swinging the axis of its body about 45°
now and then - "looking" in another direction. I
never before saw a Kinglet keep one perch so
long (my estimate 15 minutes was surely conservative).
The bird was a male, probably in position to overlook
its nesting domain, for within 100 feet was the
focus of the alarm "dinge" previously mentioned.
June 15
9 a.m. - Just found a Western Warbling Vireo's
nest, by