January 26, 1902. 
Seeley’s plum Orchard - 9;15 a.m. 
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This morning in the plum orchard there 
was a flock of about 35 or 40 tree sparrows 
There was about 6 inches of snow on the 
ground. They were very tame. They were 
feeding in a little ravine. I walked be¬ 
hind an elm tree and they fed closer and 
closer till one was about 12 feet off. 
They were feeding on various weeds. They 
braced with their long tails and reached 
up for seeds. The feathers in their tails 
bent and spread making a good support. 
V.hen I walked past them they would hardly 
fly. They kept up little notes all the 
time. They did not want to get out in 
the wind. 
February 1, 1902 . 
Maine's Woods - 9;05 a.m. 
This morning Art -hudy and I were down in 
the fields. When we were still some 
distance from Maine's woods we could see 
a northern shrike perched on the top most 
spray of the large white elm. It 3 eemed 
to sit on the very end of the branches. 
When vie were a few rods off we stopped and 
watched it. It kept its feathers puffed 
out and its tail stuck out nearly straight 
behind.it turned its head in all direc-" 
tions. I saueeked like a mouse and it 
looked at us intently. Then it made a 
dash into Volls woods but got nothing. 
Then it flew south and in a minute a flock 
of pine siskins came from that way. 
Afterwards we found a mouse leg. 
