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grub, and then flew with it up in a tree. He 
ate it all up hut the skin and this he dropped. 
I identified it as the larva of the Isabella 
moth, commonly called the woolly bear. 
January 7, 1900 - Sunday . 
Went down to the ravines this afternoon. 
James Draper, a friend of mine, went with me. Vie 
saw 3 pine siskins in a tree at the farther end. 
They flew away but one soon came back to feed on 
pigweed seeds, but as we moved, so thut we could 
see him better, he flew away. 
January 14, 1900 - Sunday . 
Went down across Leider's and ,J -‘. Hackett’s. 
woods. While I was on the bridge I heard a loud 
screaming note and thought it was a hawk. I went 
over in the woods to find it. Clint Hanger was 
with me. We watched around and heard it again, 
this time we were rewarded. We were watching 
a tree when suddenly a hairy woodpecker flew out 
and with a loud ke-ke-ke ke-ke-ke went flying off, 
tipping so that first one side was vertical and 
then the other. He kept this up for quite a 
distance, about 50 ft. or more, he did this 
while giving the notes. Then the female flew 
out after him, and did the same thing. I think 
that it was so mild and had been for so long 
that it was spring or else that they make love 
in the winter. They flew off quite a distance 
and drummed to each other. When hunting food 
they give a taft-tajz-taft but when they are 
animated by love they make things hum. Then it 
sounds like tr-r-r-r-r- r. Further on I saw 
3 brown creepers. Vty attention was attracted by 
a long se-e-e-ep. They are little brown birds, 
almost indistinguisable from the bark if they 
would keep still, but they keep moving and 
jerking up a tree until they reach the bigger 
branches when off they fly to another. On the 
trees and also when flying they gave a note like 
