would pause for a moment & utter the Kloc which
sounds so like an axe stroke. At length she 
flew giving the prolonged rattling cry on wing, and
alighting on the lateral branch of a tall poplar where
perched 40 feet above the ground she called Kip-Kip
Kip etc. rapidly & continuously for some time. She
was evidently greatly excited & as I thought by my
presence (I was floundering through the deep snow
without the aid of snow shoes) The kip was apparently
merely a modification of the kloc note. Finally the
bird plunged down into the evergreen woods again.
I thought she alighted near by but could not
find her again. Saw 3 Chickadees on
this same Trail.
Bethel, Maine. March 8, 1904
Ther. [Thermometer] 56� max [maximum] at 2 P.M.
  Cloudy the sun shining directly at
intervals in A.M. Very warm especially in P.M.
Calm most of day but light N.W. [northwest] wind in [P.M.]
  When the Doctor & I started out at 10 A.M. a Chickadee
was whistling loudly & continuously in the trees over the common.
A number of Pine Grosbeaks were flying about the orchard
& among some larches on the lawn. I counted 22 in
all. There were at least 5 or 6 red males.
  In the birch woods below the orchard we found a flock
of 5 Chickadees (2 of which were whistling phoe-bee incessantly)
and about a dozen Grosbeaks 3 or 4 of which were red males.
At times several of the Grosbeaks were singing at once but
always sotto voce. As nearly as I could make out their songs