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March 27, 1900 - Tuesday . 
It is quite chilly this morning. Before 
Breakfast I heard a bluebird calling. It gave 
the fall note. a blue jay gave a note like 
se cat el, and another that sounded like a dry 
axle. They give that note when two get in a tree 
together. It is a love note and is hard to 
locate. Just as I got in the house I heard toe 
scream of a red-tailed hawk. I ran out and it 
was nothing but a blue jay. The English sparrows 
were not fright ened. 
.after breakfast I heard an English sparrow 
give a labored warble. It was short and was 
quite an effort. It sounded something like a 
bluebird. Saw a flock of about twenty redpolls, 
on my way to school. I can distinguish them 
easily now that I have heard the American gold- 
fine lie s. 
March 27, 1900 - Wednesday. 
ThTs morning before breakfast 1 went down 
by H. ^iths. A large crow came flying down the 
wind. He was going very fast, lie kept his wings 
going and the wind sent him along in great shape. 
He was going south and he kept his head pointed 
southeast. 
Every morning a pair of bluejays are making 
love in Mrs. Hussel’s Norway spruce. Their 
notes sound like axles that had not been greased. 
I can never get near enough to see what they do. 
I found some chrysalids out by the barn and 
put them out for the birds tonight, bne of the 
acorns that 1 put out a few days ago had a small 
hole in it. 
M arch 29, 1900 - Thursday . 
This morning a male English sparrow was 
on the platform. I was by the window. He 
looked at me several times and suddenly it 
struck nim that I was a human being. He 
