1903. 
APRIL. 
April 2, 1903 - Thursday . 
This morning after breakfast I went up the 
railroad, track. Near the bridge I heard a vesper 
sparrow give the same song as in 1900. It sat on 
a post just the width of the track from where I 
heard the other. The song I have heard before 
WQ re all different in some way. I wonder it 
c °uld happen that this is the same one. 
A field sparrow lit on the embankment a foot 
away and I started to watch it. It was feeding 
on various seeds and looked quickly from one side 
to the other keeping watch. 
A song sparrow sitting about thirty feet 
away flew over and struck it savagely in the back 
without any provocation whatever. The field 
sparrow lit in the bushes for an instant and then 
went b&ck to its feeding as unconcerned as ever. 
The song sparrow sang as though proud of himself 
and 1 went on. 
A male cowbird lit in the tops of several 
tall trees and then flew down to the ground to 
feed. He gave a note like e-e-e-ftsu . It walked 
around with a nervous active manner. 
A dull looking woodpecker lit on a tree in 
front of me and the glass showed him to be a most 
gorgeous bird with striking colors. It was the 
first one of the year. 
Ruby-crowned kinglets were hunting through 
the woods near the Half Moon with golden crowns. 
Both species sang and the rubys of course had the 
best of it. 
Heard an American sparrow calling over to¬ 
wards Udell's. 
