leisurely in their movements. One was rather 
low down in a pine. The cheeks of all seemed 
an undecided yellow like the one seffiMay 12. 
Tonight after school I went out to the 
fair grounds. Saw a male robin with the 
tertials white. When at rest it showed as 
barrow streak bub in flight it looked like a 
white band. In other ways it seemed just like 
other robins. 
Saw a single Acadian flycatcher. It gave a 
bote like pe. 
A vesper sparrow chased a red-headed wood¬ 
pecker v/henever it flew. 
In the grand stand there were several robins 
bests on the plates. They were all up out of 
beach. 
A pair of barn swallows were evidently 
thinking of building here to as they flew 
through it continually. One lit near the edge 
°f the roof to take a sun bath. 
Two crows flew over rather high up. One 
Save a note like kah. It is rather unusual 
to see them flying far during the nesting 
season. 
Pound a bluebirds nest in a stub about 
four feet up. It was in an old woodpeckers 
hole that had been broken out and was entirely 
open to the weather. It contained five young 
scantily covered with a dark grey fuzz. They 
Save a low peep when it tapped on the wood. 
The old ones seemed very anxious. 
May 15, 1903 - Friday. 
Tonight after school 1 rode home to North 
freedom with mother. About half a mile east of 
Seeker’s bridge. I heard queer harsh drawn out 
bote that I did not recognize. I thought that 
ft might be a shrike but got out to see. Then 
1 saw the bird sitting on a fence post. It 
looked queer around the head and I went closer, 
it was a female, Yellow-headed blackbird. It 
seemed quite a little larger than the red-wings. 
