Once a great horned owl lit ahead hut flew 
before we could get a shot. 
November 28* 1905 - Saturday . 
Today we hunted Pine Hollow* She Flat, the 
Big Hill and around Pagals in the forenoon, and in 
the afternoon tracked a fawn hut it grew and we 
had to quit or stay in the woods all night. I 
shot twice at a running doe at about 15 rods hut 
did not get it. 
Saw two ruffed grouse in a hrushpile. One 
flew straight out and the other ran out from 
Under with a few low notes and then flew. 
Not many birds were seen. A few chicadees, 
bluejays, ruffed grouse, and hairjwoodpeckers were 
all. 
DECEMBER 
December 5, 1 C J05 - Saturday . 
This morning after breakfast Ed Dimmer and 1 
went around by the hemlocks and above Weinke’s as 
I came out of the door what I took to be a pine 
siskin flew over and a.s I reached the sidewalk 
watching for a wing shot a second one flew by and 
lit in a tree and across the street. I shot and 
picked up a redpoll. Either the two flock together 
Or else I cannot tell the difference between their 
notes. This one called chitt chitt however in re¬ 
gulation redpoll fashion. I will have to study 
this out this v.dnter if possible. 
Sirds seemed rather scarce. A few crows were 
seen and others heard. At the hemlocks two bluejays 
were seen several times. One I watched hopping 
excitedly around in the trees giving the love notes. 
It seemed strange that white-breasted nuthatches 
and chicadees should be so scarce. 
Above V/inke’s I shot at a hairy woodpecker 
but did not get it. Later I shot two, a male and a 
female, but did not preserve the latter because the 
feathers came out so. She had two or three feathers 
in the center of the upper breast tinged a pale 
yellow. 7,hen I blew the feathers back to look for 
