Bush-tit Nesting in Vicinity of Marshes
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While investigating the nesting activities of Willow Goldfinches and Song Sparrows along the Sears Point cut-off, Napa County, near the Sonoma County line, California, on June 10, 1939, I came upon a Bush-tit (Psaltriparus minimus) nest about five feet off the ground in a broom bush. The nesting site seemed unusual in that it was probably eight or more miles to the nearest normal cover, and it did not Seem that the nature of the broom growth along the ditch banks bordering the marshes would afford cover for permanent residence. The nest contained six fairly fresh eggs. Ducks, avocets, godwits, sandpipers, and other shorebirds are common in the immediate vicinity.
Benicia, California, February 12, 1940.
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Graham, J. Duncan
(1940)
"Bush-tit Nesting in Vicinity of Marshes,"
Condor: Vol. 42
:
Iss.
3
, Article 15.
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https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/condor/vol42/iss3/15