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"breasted, nuthatch sat on a limb of the dead tree 
and watched me. He said /ery-ery-ery a s if it 
was spring. When I went in he was there again. 
This time he went down to the suet and hung 
head down to get it, varying this with a hunt 
for grubs. 
February 2, 1900 - Friday . 
This morning two white breasted nuthatches 
came. One went to the little elm and the other 
to the dead tree for suet. The last named 
would get right down and hammer at the suet so hard 
and fast that his tail and wings would flop wildly 
round. The other did not hit so hard. Y>Tiile 
stopping to rest they gave a thin nasal note like 
ak-ak. The one in the live elm went over and 
chased the other twice around the tree and then 
went back. The sun shone into the yard with 
some warmth. 
On my way to school I heard the tsoisk of 
the prairie horned lark, on the fields. This is 
the first time I have noticed them since October. 
This afternoon I noticed that two pieces of suet 
were gone. Around the live elm 1 could see where 
it had been pounded. 
February 5, 1900 - Saturday . 
Went to Baraboo this morning. On the way 
down saw a flock of about 75 English sparrows 
feeding on some weeds in a field. I was crossing 
the street near the park when I saw two male English 
sparrows about a foot away. One bad found a piece 
of corn and was going to eat it when the other 
made a grab for it but the oth* r repulsed him with 
open bill and then broke the corn in two so he 
could swallow it but the other got half of it. 
