November 14, 19 03 - Satur day. 
This morning after breakfast I went down 
in the fields hunting. Some one had killed two 
cattle on Doherty's and I thought the crows 
would be around. One flew over and I hid in 
the ditch. I heard several caw at a distance. 
Finally one came closer by the sound soon was 
very close. I crouched down as low as I could 
get. At the instant that I saw it I straighten¬ 
ed up and fired. It was long range and I gave 
it both barrels without much effect however. It 
wavered for a moment as though going to fall and 
a number of feathers fell. Then it flew slowly 
in a long slant to ground near Seeley*s marsh 
behind some trees but I could not find it. A 
crow had eaten some of the mink I shot last 
Saturday. By Fullmer’s on looking over a hill I 
saw one coming for me. I lay down in a little 
hollow and it flew over high and to one side 
without seeming to see me. It was so far off 
that I could not hit it. 
Numbers of goldfinches were flying over 
and occasionally a few .pine siskins alone or 
with the former. In Alder Swamp they were ieea- 
ing together on some poplar buds I think. They 
were very wild. Scared up a flock of quail twice 
here in the thick bushes. 
Wilson snipe were still present in small 
numbers. About twenty were seen I think. They 
were collected around a little opening and when 
once flushed spread out all over and were 
extremely wild. The ice was thick and walking 
or wading hard work. After two hours Ox tramping 
I had five and a rabbit which I got while going 
from one pond to another. I sav/ a snipe running 
on the ice for a fev/ feet it seemed very erect. 
Tree sparrows were very thick and I heard a 
meadowlark sing brokenly and afterward scared it 
up from a little opening or"prarie'.' A nothern 
shrike up to look at me hut on being treated to 
