L^ r 
Water Fowl 
in the river 
Gooseanders 
Golden-eyes 
on both sides extended quite out to the edges of the chan¬ 
nel. This comparatively narrow and nearly straight canal 
of calm water was fairly swarming with water-fowl. I counted 
thirty Ducks in sight at once and there were doubtless 
others that were hidden by projections of the ice. Some 
were sitting on the ice but the greater number were scat¬ 
tered about diving. I think most of them were Gooseanders 
but the nearest were half a mile away. I identified only 
three -- Whistlers — two old drakes and a duck — which 
Ruffed Grouse 
Rabbit 
killed by 
a Fox 
flew past me on their way to join the big flock. There 
were two Herring Gulls and several Crows on the ice near 
these Ducks. 
On my way back I started a pair of Ruffed Grouse 
on the knoll where the big hickory stands. I also started 
a Rabbit in a thorny thicket and found the skin, entrails, 
and one hind leg of another which a Fox had doubtless 
killed. There were Song Sparrows along all the brush- 
grown walks and Blue-birds warbling in the air overhead. 
Of Chickadees I saw several pairs acting as if looking for 
nesting places. —- 
Just as I was pushing off from shore on my way 
up river at 5 P.M. the sound for which my ears hare been 
constantly on the alert these last three days came suddenly 
from the further shore and looking in the direction I at 
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