ML8995

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NOTES: RECORDED IN 3 PARTS: CUTS A AND B - A SHRILL, UPWARD SHREEE, SHREEE. CUT B (END) AND C: BIRD BREAKS INTO A MUSICAL SERIES OF NOTES, EACH OFWHICH IS REPEATED SEVERAL TIMES. THE SHREE IS PROBABLY IN THE CONTEXTOF FAMILY-PAIR MAINTENANCE. THE SONG MAY HAVE A FAIRLY REGULAR PATTERN. BASED UPON THE 2 SONGS HERE IT IS, ROUGHLY, 'GEE-GEE, CHIR-IP CHIR-IP CHIR-IP CHIR-IP CHIR-IP CHIR-IP, TO-DEE TOO-DEE, DZIP-ZIP-ZIP-ZIP'.FOUR INDIVIDUALS WERE OBSERVED TOGETHER IN THE SAME AREA AT ONE TIME.IT SEEMS REASONABLE TO ASSUME THAT THIS WOULD BE ADULTS WITH THEIR YOUNG AT THIS TIMEOF YEAR. THE MALE WAS PROBABLY SINGING. RECORDED BETWEEN 1245 AND 1315 HOURS. STEEP-WALLED, NARROW CANYON CUT BY FAST MOUNTAIN STREAM. BROADLEAF TREES ON SLOPES. 2 JUVENILE(S); 2 ADULT(S); MALE; FEMALE; Sex: 2 UNKNOWN. Other Behaviors: Advertise. Habitat: Stream, Canyon.