Septem ber 1, 1902 - Monday. 
This morning the sun shone 'brightly and 
gave promise of a good day. Uashville warblers 
were flying south when I first got up but they 
did not begin to light in the trees for some time, 
■‘•hey kept up a constant tseet all the time. 
Some bluejays became to scream and alarmed the 
sparrows. Soon the cause of their alarm in the 
shape of a Cooper’s Hawk came sailing by. It had 
a very long tail and flew a few quick flapping 
strokes and then sailed after*which it reueated 
the performance. It was like that of the*meadow 
lark but lacked the snap of the letters flight, 
t lit in the top of a dead by the ravines and I 
got the spy glass to look at it. It sat there 
c ear at the tip top and kept sharp watch on all 
sides. 1 lowered the glass for an instant to 
a ojust it and when I looked again it was gone. 
Then I went over by the ditch. Nasvhille 
warblers were feeding in the little box elders 
& nd i stopped to watch them. Two kept together 
a U the time. One chased the other all the time. 
heard a queer harsh zeCt or zee from Fiske's 
cornfield. At first I thought it was a meadow- 
J-ark. I followed it up and saw the bird but was 
«ot certain what it was. It flew and I followed 
.from one place to another. Finally another 
Joined it and identifying them as song sparrows, 
^bddenly they flew from a perch on the fence into 
he weeds. An instant later the Coopers Hawk 
swooped fast and then circled off disapointedly. 
^ A waterthrush flew up with a note like tse-ep 
Siven in a harsh sharp tone. I heard the same 
hote afterwards given in flight. 
S eptember 5. 19 02 - Thursday. 
This morning after breakfast Art Kudy and I 
®nt over on the Island. Saw a number of family 
ocks of goldfinches. The young ones kept 
^egging for food with rapidly vibrating wings, 
Ut the old ones P a i d no attention to them. The 
