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February 7, 1900 - Wednesday. 
Early this morning I was out back of Cook’s 
when I saw a flock of 8 horned larks flying 
around. They gave notes like t seeta _or tseepa . 
After breakfast I passed within 6’ or - 8 feet 
of the dead elm, but a downy woodpecker kept 
right on eating suet. I went out by the barn 
and a large hairy woodpecker nearly struck me 
in the head as he was flying. Her flight - 
for it was a female - was bounding. 
February 8, 1900 - Thursday . 
This morning water covered everything - for 
it had rained heavily all night. Ythile I was 
eating breakfast a sudden change took place. The 
wind went into the northeast and it began to freeze. 
A cutting fall of sleet drove the English sparrows 
to shelter. Some were in the straw shed and one 
went in the woodpile. One tried to light on an 
icy twig but slipped and was forced to hop to 
another. 
February 10, 1900 - Saturday . 
This morning a downy woodpecker came to get 
some suet. There was not much of it and he flew 
off. I walked out to see if there was much of it 
left. I was about 6 feet below the piece in the 
maple when I looked up and saw a white-breasted 
nuthatch was eating suet. Heard a crow caw for 
the first tine this winter over south. Its caw 
was short like _ca ca ca . A flock of about 100 
pine siskins flev; over and lit down in the bottoms. 
February 11, 1900 - Sunday. 
Hung out some suet this morning;just as I put 
up the last piece the male downy woodpecker came. 
The cat would walk up and when he got close to the 
woodpecker it would hop up the tree and fly to 
another. His flight was bounding. Heard a crow 
again this morning. 
