Bethel, Maine.
1902.
January 7.
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  Among these same balsams I heard every now and then the
tzee-tzee of Golden-crested KInglets and twice what I 
was sure was the distant creep of a Brown Creeper.
  The flight calls of Lesser Redpolls passing high overhead
also came faintly to our ears at intervals and a solitary Pine
Grosbeak attracted by my answering whistle descended from a
great height and alighted in a pine near us, balancing himself 
on its topmost spray and uttering his clear, penetrating note
incessantly. I could not make out his coloring against the
white light of the cloudy sky but I do not think he was a red bird.
  In the afternoon we went to the Glen Woods. A Pine Grosbeak
was heard calling soon after we left the house. As we
were passing through the first long opening and descending the
slope to the second brook a faint chirp attracted my attention
It proved to be the note of a Chickadee whom I presently
called to me by alternately "screeping" and whistling
"phoebee". He was quickly followed by three others of his 
kind and by two Red-bellied Nuthatches. All six birds hopped
and flitted close about us until they had satisfied their
curiosity when they moved on. To my surprise they were almost
immediately succeeded by what seemed to be a second flock
consisting of eight Black-capped Chickadees and one
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