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and the junco would chase it onto the fence. 
Once the redpoll clung to the woven wire 
fence and braced with its tail. Once or twice 
it would not he driven and fought. Each tried 
to rise above the other. 
After recess a homed lark came and sang 
out near the window. Heard an owl hoot over 
west tonight just before dark. It sounded 
like whoo whoo whoo whoo (Barred Owl) Routed 
out the" "blue jay again. 
March 10, 1900 - Saturday . 
This morning I took the alarm out of an 
old clock and put a brake on it. I was going 
to call woodpeckers with it by letting the 
hammer hit a dry log. 
A female hairy woodpecker was out on 
pettey^s woodpile. I rattled to it and it 
answered skek and could not understand where 
that woodpecker was. I next tried it on a 
male white-breast ed nuthatch but he did not 
like it. A big flock of redpoll’s were fly¬ 
ing around and singing. 
March 11, 1900 - Sunday . 
This morning"1 heard the red-headed wood¬ 
pecker give his spring note of Kwar , and also 
heard a pair chasing each other and giving the 
rollicking notes that they do in the spring. 
I went down in Eiske’s field and a flock of 
about 50 redpolls flew over and two bluejays 
were heard and also a prarie horned lark. Its 
flight is tippy. Heard a red-head drum twice 
over in Hackett’s grove where I heard the 
notes. I found a good, dry, hollow stick and 
set my drum to v. r ork. A hairy woodpecker 
answered with a skik . On my way home I heard 
another woodpecker drum and a redpoll gave the 
goldfinch's note of pity pite or pe a we. 
