Myrtle war "biers and kinglets were fairly 
common in the marsh and were very tame. 
Saw several hawks both Cooper and red¬ 
shouldered. In one place where a little creek 
ran through a cornfield and the ground was 
Boft Y/ilson snipe were very abundant; more so 
than I have ever seen them. The ground was 
filled with their borings. Their twisting 
flight made them hsrd to shoot but I got two, 
one of which 1 did not find. They matched the 
ground so well that I did not see them at times 
Until out of range unless they called. They 
flew around in flocks when they were scared up 
hut soon lit. 
A great blue heron flew over and Jack shot 
it. One shot entered the brain and seemed to 
destroy all sense of pain and ffcar. It lit in 
the middle of Seeley Creek and stood there until 
I Waded out and caught it. It was very tenacious 
of life. 
Went back in to Will Dickie's marsh before 
dark. 
As I came into the open I saw two teal which 
I took to be green-winged out in the open. I 
shot but did not get them because of the 
distance. They flew into the willow and I follow- 
®d them. I heard their thinX quacks once in a 
while but could not find them. They were very 
restless. A single mallard flew over and after¬ 
wards three flocks numbering in all about 25 lit 
*h Various parts. V. r e went back but although they 
came up only a short distance away it was too dark 
to shoot. They gave loud quacks like those of 
the domestic duck. 
The rusty blackbirds were roosting in the 
willow bushes by the hundreds. Their songs and 
hotes filled the air with a loud but not unpleas- 
^•hg clatter. They were very restless and flew 
around a good deal from place to place. Even after 
dark I could hear their wings rustle as they 
changed perches. There were a few robins with 
them. i noticed that the ducks did not seem to 
Join flocks but kept separate. In the forenoon 
1 had^t fl6W 6aSt and the two west after j 
