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working down eating only the soft part around 
the end only* near there I found on a rail fence 
where he had been boring for grubs . I looked 
around quite a little but I only found 5 or 6 
®ars that he had eaten into, 7/hen I came back 
I saw the red-head carrying a large piece of 
bark to a tree but he dropped it. Then as it 
was getting dark I went home. 
October 11, 1899 - Wednesday . 
Saw a chickadee this morning eating sun 
flower seeds. It would look up and call to me 
questionally and then reach over and take a seed 
& nd fly off with it to a tree where with a few 
blows of its bill get out the meat and come back 
for another.. There were a pair of them. 
October 13, 18SS - Friday . 
This morning the sun came out bright ;as I got 
out to the barn 6 or 8 red-winged blackbirds 
flew over screaming harshly. None of them had 
red epaulets. Then a sun shower came up and I 
wondered if a song sparrow would sing under those 
conditions. I opened the back door - sure 
enough I heard one singing away as happy as 
could be, and down in the field I heard a meadow 
lark. 
October 14, 1899 - Saturday . 
This morning it is clear and quite cold, but 
the song sparrow sang away as if it was Kay 
instead of October. A flock of sparrows dame 
down in the barnyard to feed. When flying some 
°f them varied the usual tolt by chwois chwitt. 
l, hen any of them flew over another it would 
®duat close to the ground thinking it was a 
dawk. It was nearly invisible. They seemed to 
v ery alert and watchful, looking around ready 
0 fly in an instant. A flock of about twenty 
^ e d-wings flew over, all giving the whistled 
It was very musical. This morning 
