They held the seeds firmly between both feet and 
hammered at them until they were broken. 
A downy woodpecker was hunting through 
'feinXe's clearing. It seemed out of place in 
the open hunting on Itollein stalks and oak bushes 
three or four feet high. I followed closely until 
it became alarmed and flew to the trees. 
Crossed the road and went down in an offshoot of 
Hawk Creek. Heard a thin high note repeated 
excitedly from a clump of pines above me and 
recognized it as coming from a red-breasted nut¬ 
hatch. I thought from the sound that it had found 
owl. As I approached the note ceased and I 
could find neither nuthatch nor owl in the thick 
hark pines. 
December 30, 1902 - Tuesday. 
Today I was over by the mouth of the slough. 
A small owl flew out of a willow bush into a large 
tree from whence no amount of sticks could scare it. 
It was a screech owl in the Rfed Phase. It sat there 
looking around not seeming in the least bit afraid. 
I threw a stick up to within six inches of it but 
t only looked at me. finally it flew from one 
tree to another, across the river and then over 
towards fourth slough. Once it lit about a foot 
above my head. 
1903 
JANUARY. 
January 11, 1 903 - Sunday. 
I think that at least one Chicadee lives in 
t! 8 f\ EU ! 8el8 N °rway spruces. Everytime I go out 
t J ie , * 6111 greeted with a seety seety and if 
watch long enough am sure to see a flutter of 
ng against the dark needles. It comes over to 
e little elm in the back yard for suet and sun- 
ower seeds and also gets sunflower seeds from 
ack of the barn. Frequently it comes to the elm 
