July 26, 1905 - Sunday * 
This morning before breakfast I saw 
fourteen great blue herons fly over. They 
flew in a west, south-westerly direction 
about three hundred feet up. They flew in 
line and were silent. Above the slough they 
circled and went down behind the woods. 
After breakfast I went over there to see 
if I couid find them. The kingfishers kept 
flying along in front, and finally the herons 
flew at them their warning rattle from the 
slimy pond at the end of the slough. They 
gave low honks as they came up and seemed tired. 
They lit at first in some trees but flew before 
I got where 1 could watch them. Two did not 
come up until this second flight and then 
followed the others. They passed out of sight 
over a hill still going in the same direction. 
Heard a robin and a red-headed woodpecker 
scold and going over there a great homed owl 
flew off from a rail fence. It kept near the 
ground and flew very fast always perching low 
down. 
Saw a red-bellied woodpecker. Another 
gave a rattling call and this one answered it. 
It flew over there and I saw two, an old and 
a young one like the first. They began to beg 
for food with trembling 
