1903
May 5
Cloudy with chill N. to N.E. wind and light rain at evening.
  It was too cool and windy to be a favorable day
for birds and I heard comparatively few, even at
morning and evening, while no arrivals were noted.
Field Sparrows and Grass Finches were singing in to
early morning. When the rain began Song Sparrows started
up on every side. I have heard almost none of late
although I see them frequently enough. A Bluebird also
sang well in to the afternoon.
  There was a White bellied Nuthatch in one of the
large elms in front of the house this afternoon. I 
think he must be nesting somewhere in this neighborhood
for I see or hear him almost daily.
  The Downy was at work in his nest in the old
apple tree behind the house for almost an hour this
afternoon. I did not hear him once during the forenoon
although I was under or very near the tree most
of the time. He makes a peculiar low muffled tapping.
I have not seen him come to the entrance of the hole
although I have watched it repeatedly.
  There were eleven Bats clustered together under the roof
of the shed this morning. Some of them looked very small.
 On April 27 I saw two large red Bats, of a different
species entirely, flying around & apparently catching insects
about noon although the day was cloudless & the sun
hot. One of them was on the farm, the other near
the Holden place.