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January 30, 1900 - Tuesday . 
This morning I cleared a place in the snow 
and. spread some cracked corn and wheat on it. 
I also put out a milkweed pod but when the 
English sparrows came they did not touch it. One 
came early and fed. It kept its body close to 
the ground to keep warm;afterwards when the sun 
came out they stood up straight instead of 
squatting. Some of them lit on the woodpile to 
sun themselves. One that 1 watched would ruffle 
up his feathers and smooth and pull his wings out. 
He did that several times. 
January 31, 1900 - Wednesday. 
This morning about 30 English sparrows came. 
I have noticed that when it is cold they crouch 
close to the ground to keep their feet v/arm. 
Mien one found a lot of food in a heap it would 
squat down and stay till it ate it all up. 
A bluejay came and after saying tel-ea awhile 
flew down to the suet in the little dead tree. 
He would peck some off and then go down on the 
ground to get it. His tracks looked like snow- 
shoes. I could not see the marks of his claws 
at all. The sparrows all flew up on the side 
of the v/oodpile and sunned themselves. I 
counted 32 of them. I would like to have got a 
picture of them as they sat close together and 
puffed out their feathers to keep warm, for it 
was 20° below zero. I should think that they 
would eat suet but 1 never saw them touch it. 
Some of them came down to the ground and ate 
snow. One sat there till I began to pump a pail 
of water from the well when he left. 
February 1, 1900 - Thursday . 
This morning I put a frozen bug with the feed 
for the English sparrows but altho they were near 
it they did not eat either it or the milkweed 
seeds. When I pumped the water a little white 
