FebTuary 1, 1902. 
By 1st field 'above Rape Ike' s 
9:50 a.m. 
number 
food 
actions 
notes 
song 
Above Fred Kapelke's by the first cleared 
field Art Rudy and I saw a flock of about 
12 pine siskins feeding. For some time I 
have been taking pine siskins for red¬ 
polls. i'he notes are given in books as 
belonging to redpolls. These were feed¬ 
ing on birch buds and seeds. One seemed 
possess the power to scare the others. 
It would fly off to one side and then 
suddenly dash among them and they would 
fly a short distance. They would be 
quietly feeding and suddenly take fright 
at some but in an instant were feeding 
ag<u.in. The notes were chat diet chererett 
and chea. They gave a song like spz-z-z-~ 
decep - 
ti on 
tame¬ 
ness 
motion 
food 
number 
tracks 
February 1, 1902 . 
Voll»"s x 'ield near Lane - 9:18 a.m. 
I 
art Rudy and I were down in the fields 
this morning. In Voll's field near the 
lane we could hear prairie horned larks. 
We wen t over there. I could hear them 
calling and thought they were about 10 
rods off. i stopped for a minute and 
there was one not 10 feet away. It did 
not seem at all afraid. It ran through 
the snow with a waddling motion like a 
duck. Sometimes it sunk its body clear 
down and ate seeds of ragweed and pig 
weed that stuck above the snow. 
There were three altogether. They kept 
up little notes all the time. Their tracks 
looked as if made with bobs fo>- their 
feet dragged. Then I tried to approach 
closer they would run away faster 
