times he flew to a bird, box and then to a dry 
limb and drummed. He flew with a curious flitting 
light as though wishing to attract attention. 
March 7, 1905 - Saturday. 
This morning Art Rudy and I went down in the 
,, 9 1 < * S ’ Prairie horned larks were very thick all 
rough the bottoms. The males sang and fought 
ationg themselves vigorously. 
Heard a flock of rusty blackbirds and finally 
! aw them high in the air. There were 53 of them. 
A bey flew a trifle east of north. 
A hairy woodpecker drummed for a while and then 
heard the spring note of a red-bellied woodpecker. 
Numbers of crows and bluejays were flying around. 
March 8, 1903 - Sunday. 
This morning after breakfast 1 went over to the 
^Bilocks. Prairie horned larks were spread all 
Ver and were in fail song. They seemed to prefer 
Pnsture covered with short grass which is not 
bshy. i did not find them where there were ar^r 
bar of trees. The males sang from the fence 
s ts and little hillocks and fights were frequent 
^Ccurrence. This fights do not amount to much, 
swever, for one would chase the other for a half 
ie or more and then the matter was dropped along 
h the birds. Probably this chasing was as much 
as anything else. They twisted and turned 
^d dodged, wheeling about now fifty feet in the 
r and now barely missing the short grass. They 
n Orally in large circles and sometimes lit 
in & f wilere they started. Frequently others joined 
8.W-' 9 c ^ ase dt waS ©^citing to see them 
at i Clpate ever y turn of the pursued while going 
.dll speed. I do not think that many of the 
have arrived yet. 
