would caw an alarm and then with great effort 
Tuack like a duck. This amused me very much. 
They were very tame and I looked at them from 
a distance of 6 or 8 rods for awhile and then 
moved up slowly to about 100 feet distant, 
all flew hut one and it followed when 1 leveled 
my opera glass. One I took to he the parent 
flew over about 60 feet up cawing loudly several 
times on this they all flew. 
Saw a Cooper Hawk flying. It has been 
around here all fall. Some bluebirds rose up 
above it and at first I thought it was going 
after one but after two or three ineffectual 
attempts to get above them it desisted. 
October 5, 1903 - Monday . 
This morning 9 ducks flew over going east 
about 6:20. The heads were black and the under¬ 
pays white. Mr. Stout said from my description 
that they were the mallard. They were larger 
and fi ew slower than the teal. Their wings were 
s i lent. 
October 10, 1905 - Saturday. 
This morning after breakfast I t ook the gun 
went down in the fields. The sparrows were 
mostly gone from the old pasture. Their place 
w as taken by the juncoes. A few song, white- 
throated and field sparrows wore all that I saw. 
Ihe tree sparrows had come. I saw five or six 
heard their wild ringing song. In Seeley’s 
^arsh there were still a number of swamp sparrows 
ahd a red-wing sang. I stood on top of muskrat 
bouse and looked around, a splash told me that its 
nmates were watching me. I gave a sudden jump 
an< i out flew a sora which I shot. 
In Fullmer’8 cornfield I found numerous 
Probings of the Wilson snipe, but saw none. Went 
0v ®r in Alder swamp looking for ducks. I scared 
bp one mallard from the thick brush but could 
bpt get a 3 hot at it. Followed along in the 
direction it flew. A large bird flew up behind 
6 brush. I fired and went after it. It was 
