saw it walking around on sticks that lay in the 
Water * I could never see it when it sang, a song 
sparrow was also feeding among the mossy top and 
aleo sang. It was in plain sight however. 
A pair of Sayornis phoehe caught insects 
surface of the water with emphatic jerks 
01 their tails. 
Across the track were a number of kinglets and 
mie warblers in a little valley in the woods, 
ey were all singing but they could hardly be 
ard for the clamor of the crows who had found a 
unless barred owl. The crows kept coming in until 
y or fifty were gathered and at every move of 
° Wl mv 9 chorua of Caws broke out with redoubled 
rce. The owl answered with a low hoo-s-o. 
"ally three.chased it out of sight“over the tops 
^ trees dashing past it but never quite touching 
Then it began to rain and a small flock of 
9e ’ clifi a nd bam swallows appeared circling 
ST ® ailing around OV0 r the trees by the Half Moon. 
T 9 , 6 8wall °ws gave a liquid chr-r-ring note that 
uad never heard before. -“ 
Heard a single chewink calling and singing bv 
6 railro&d bridge as I returned. 
Apri l 21, 1903 - Tuesday. 
Tonight as I was coming from True‘s I saw the 
ronzed gradeles gathered in the top of a bare 
o ee, before going to roost. There were fourteen 
them. Once in so often one would sing and then 
■i the other males would join and aad to the 
aiey 0 f songs. One or two others kept flying in 
intervals and joined them. 
April 25, 1903 - Saturda y. 
This morning after breakfast I went down in 
V 9 iislds.. By Fiske's marsh I paused to look for 
son’s snipe. As I looked directly at one patch 
I feet off two rDse from it and 
could not distinguish them until they started to 
fl-o- -- unam until tney started t 
Seemed lar se and their backs were very 
s ^riking. They circled off and lit somewhere 
in 
