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February 24, 1902. 
Corner of oak and 6th St. in Baraboo 
1:10 p.m. 
This noon when I was going to school I 
saw a chicadee and watched it a little. 
It seemed to be calling to its mate and 
gave notes like tsee see see see see her 
tsits.le with sometimes a faint r sound 
on the le of the last note. The first note 
was given with a faint quiver of the 
wings and was evidently a love note. The 
second was a kind of a song note. 
February 24, 1902. 
On High Bridge in Baraboo - 7:00 a.m. 
This morning it was warm though frosty. 
On ray way up from the train I noticed 
the English sparrows a great deal. Saw 
one on the High bridge gathering nesting 
material. It was a male. He would nick 
up a straw and "chew" it a little and 
then drop it for a better one. He gave 
a low note like tsit tsit all the time. 
Saw others mating. The male chases the 
female until she lights and then struts 
and calls before, generally about half 
a dozen other males join in and peck 
the female to draw attention to them¬ 
selves. This female settled in a little 
hollow in the snow and kept them all at 
bay with well directed pecks. The 
others, males, kept back but the lover 
advanced repeatedly only to be driven 
back. Finally the female flew with them 
a ft er her. 
