They generally began to sing with a loud note 
like twoi twoi twoi. The rest of the song was 
quite subdued. I think that they sing as loud 
here as they do in the nesting grounds. 
A Robin behind me set up a loud kimp and they 
were still instantly. They gave the note all the 
time. If one got too near another they fought. 
They would chase each other just as Juncos do. 
Went on farther and heard a Flicker give a 
loud cuh cuh cull . On the way home I heard a song 
sparrow singing. 
Went after my knife that I left on a log. 
Fast sunset. Robins, prarie horned larks and and 
8ong sparrows were singing before going to sleep. 
Then all became silent. 
April 2, 1900 - Monday . 
This morning after breakfast saw a Phoebe on 
Dockhams barn. It said phoe-be Pho-be . The first 
with a rising and the second with a falling in¬ 
flection. It flew over to Patterson's barn and 
fluttered up under the eaves as if to look at its 
nest. Mat Engel and I saw another Phoebe on 
Draper's bam. 
Song sparrows were singing all over. 
Three meadowlarks flew over by the ravines. 
They said zeet . Some English sparrows were going 
to build in the red-headed woodpecker’s hole, but 
he chased them away. 
A killdeer gave a loud tweep from the ploughed 
ground. 
A male bronzed grackle lit on the red-head’s 
stub and chtlcked for a while. 
Then a big flock of redpolls flow over. Saw 
the red-headed woodpecker catching flies on the 
w *ng. Down by the bend we saw a male marsh hawk 
flying along the plowed land. 
Across the way a red-winged blaei'ibird flew 
Over giving a note like tseur. 
