After breakfast I went down and cut that wood 
pewees nest off and took it down. There was not 
BIU,c h lining in it. In some places the "branch 
came through. Saw the red-eyed vireo. Seemed some¬ 
what angry but made not audible protest. Once it 
flew by me and just missed my ear. The young wood 
pewee’s were across the river. They kept up their 
soft notes all the time. Once in a while they be¬ 
came louder and sounded chocked and by this I*could 
te ll when they were being feel. 
About noon I went over to big Charlie H£ngstler*s 
to thrash. Vesper sparrows were quite thick on 
‘he way over as usual but I noticed that they were 
£&thered more in flocks, A few song sparrows were 
m xed with them. Some of Melo^spiza melodia had a 
Ve ry loud clear song, and I noticed one in particular 
whose song was loud and also well and strikingly 
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T r j*pg ed ‘ A few probably young ones sang very badly. 
hfcWitts woods there were a great many young birds, 
hipping sparrows and wood pewees I saw one crested 
ycatcher on the tip of a tree beyond Cady's. It 
at very erect and kept a good watch. It always 
on the tip of the limbs. It was not so restless 
8 the wood pewees and was silent. For a large 
ycatcher it did not seem very pugnacious. 
Before got to John Shahs I scared out a large 
6 “tailed hawk. It flew off with an angry scream. 
At Hingsders a great number of barn swallows were 
artariHg the fields in all directions. They swept 
^■y^ Close to stubble as it was a cool cloudy 
° aw one chewink on the way over and 4 prairie 
