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February 4, 1900 - Sunday . 
Hung out some this morning, a blue jay 
came and ate some. He was not afraid for he 
said tel-ea while feeding, The old cat planted 
hers el f _ i n - 1 he middle of the feed I threw' out 
and evidently waited for the birds to come down 
but they did not come. About eleven I went 
out to sun myself.A little downy woodpecker was 
eating suet. I went in to get a stone to call 
him with but he had gone away. I heard a 
chickadee calling and whistled to him. He 
answered me and came to get some suet. After he 
flew off I went down in the field. I heard the 
soft t®§$p of the prairie horned larks but did 
not see them. I traveled around for nearly 
half an hour but saw nothing nearer a horned 
lark than a large hairy woodpecker who was hunt¬ 
ing along a fence for some grubs. 
February 5, 1500 - Monday . 
This afternoon a little downy woodpecker came 
to the suet. It was a little larger than an 
English sparrow. When he saw me through the 
window he hopped up the elm till he got to the 
top and then flew off. 
F ebruary 6, 1900 - Tuesda y. 
This morning a white breasted nuthatch ate 
some suet. He is shaped like an English 
sparrow and has the same bounding flight. It 
does not touch its tail to the tree at all when 
climbing. After breakfast I cleared another 
place in the snow where the cats could not 
bother the birds. They came in a short time. 
Some snow had lodged in a fork of the little 
elm and one of the English sparrows ate some 
of it. When they lit in the deep snow for it 
had snowed all day yesterday they had to flutter 
their wings to hop for they sank on up to their 
bodies. A little downy woodpecker came and got 
some suet. 
