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and flew over in front of Mrs. pett eyjs house. 
He kept calling as if lie wanted to call his mate. 
The sparrows ail gathered to look at him. When 
they got too close he would turn as if to chase 
them and then they would fly off. He hopped to 
another branch and cleared his bill. Then he 
flew over to Pattersons. Prom there we followed 
him to a tree near the depot. There he seemed 
alarmed and gave the sharp kip kip all the time. 
Then he flew back towards town and we lost him. 
After that I put up two bird houses. One large 
and one small one. 
March 25, 1900 - Friday. 
This morning the robin was singing. It made 
it seem more like spring, to hear a bird sing. 
Went down in the fields with Clarence Cook 
after breakfast. Saw a pair of prarie horned 
larks. The male had the ear tufts well develop¬ 
ed. They were black. 
Went on over a fence and heard a bluebird. 
He called quite a while but we did not see him. 
Just then I heard a c hweep a nd looking up I saw 
3 robins flying over, 3 goldfinches lit in a tree 
down by the mill to feed. Saw another goldfinch 
across the road in Draper's. I saw a red-headed 
woodpecker was culling. He flew to a stub and 
after drumming went away. 
Then a crow flew over. 1 looked at him 
with the glass. His bill was white. He turned 
his head around every way to see if any one 
was going to shoot. Two others followed him. 
Another red-head appeared on the same stub 
that the other had occupied. There was a hole 
there. A bluejay mocked a hawk in a tree across 
the river. 
Went down on the island but saw no birds 
excepting chicadees and white-breasted nuthatches. 
Heard what I thought was a kingfisher but it must 
