. Birds of the Papago Saguaro National Monument and the Neighboring Region, Arizona . nd apparently not descendingto lower levels during the nesting season. A third titmouse, thelead-colored bush-tit, is most numerous on the eastern slope of therange, where the slightly different character of the forest, withjuniper and agaves among the conspicuous plants, apparently affordsmore congenial surroundings than the denser pine forest. To most visitors to the mountains the Audubon hermit thrush willbe no more than a melodious voice, heard from dense fir woods orthickly shaded canyons. The birds are
. Birds of the Papago Saguaro National Monument and the Neighboring Region, Arizona . nd apparently not descendingto lower levels during the nesting season. A third titmouse, thelead-colored bush-tit, is most numerous on the eastern slope of therange, where the slightly different character of the forest, withjuniper and agaves among the conspicuous plants, apparently affordsmore congenial surroundings than the denser pine forest. To most visitors to the mountains the Audubon hermit thrush willbe no more than a melodious voice, heard from dense fir woods orthickly shaded canyons. The birds are not uncommon, and duringthe summer months may be heard singing on all sides, especiallytoward evening, but to catch sight of one of the songsters requiresthe most cautious approach, with much patient waiting. Western robins and chestnut-backed bluebirds are both familiarobjects in the pine forests, the former by far the most abundant, andthrough its loud song most constantly brought to notice. Robinsnests with young were found during June in alders overhanging thestreams. PLATE LOCATION OF NEST OF THE PAINTED REDSTART, SIERRA ANCHA. Unlike its relative, the Common Redstart of the eastern United States, which nests well up insmall trees or bushes, the Painted Redstart places its nest upon the ground- PLATE VI.
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