ML81616461

Media notes

Recording Times: 9:58:00, 10:10 AM (UTC -5). Temperature: 19 C. Habitat: Desert, Mixed Coniferous/Deciduous, Montane. Background species and behavior notes: Empidonax occidentalis, Polioptila caerulea, Vireo huttoni, Pipilo maculatus, Thryomanes bewickii, Pheucticus melanocephalus, Aphelocoma ultramarina, Baeolophus atricristatus, Melanerpes formicivorus. Some double-accented song endings. Bird was feedng and singing in mixed deciduous (mostly oak) and evergreen. Similar double-accented ending song suggests that this could be the same bird recorded in ML81613731, but the locations are about 120 m apart. There is a distant bird counter-singing. Specific Location: Latitude 29.2413618, Longitude -103.29713577, Elevation 1072 m. Big Bend National Park, Chisos Mountains. Boot Canyon, between buildings at Boot Spring and the Boot Canyon trail stream crossing upstream from the buildings. 3.2 km south (bearing 176.2) from Chisos Basin Lodge. ID'd by Sight & Sound ; ID confidence 100%.