Dohertys. 
White-throated sparrows were common. They 
f ed in brushpiles and weed patches. Occasionally 
°ae would break into song and then half a dozen 
w ould sing at once. 
Saw a single bank swallow. 
About 10:30 Art Budy and I went over by the 
^alf Moon. Water-thrushes were singing in all 
Erections. 
Saw one Louisiana water-thrush. It fed along 
shores of the Half Moon and sang a loud 
^Uliant song. 
A pair of the rare rough-winged swallows were 
circling over the water, I'hey lit occasionally 
the trees. One started to light directly in 
r ont of me but a sudden sneeze startled it and 
flew off. 
A red-bellied woodpecker gave a peculiar note 
*■8 he hitched up a tree ahead of us seeming tamer 
•San usual. It was Jce-yuk ke-yuk ke-yuk ke yuk ke 
,7Uk. —" 
The yellow bellied v.’oodpeckers wore very 
n °iay. Even their ke seemed very loud and they 
shouted their love notes in all directions. 
Apr il 26, 1903 - Sunday. 
This morning 1 started for the hemlocks but 
° n ly got as far as Dickie's pasture as I was sick. 
t>^* ne ^ rea ^ -Blu 0 Heron tracks extended along 
hrough the mud for quite a distance in front of 
he hemlocks on the north side of the river. 
A hairy woodpecker was making a nest across 
‘he river. 
The chicadees nest appeared to have been 
abandoned. 
April 28, 1903 - Tuesday. 
, ^oday I kept a list of the birds seen or 
e& rd around the house. 
1. Killdeer. 
2. Mourning Dove. 
3. Yellow-bellied woodpecker 
