The vesper sparrows were singing. 
A prairie horned lark was feeding in front of 
where I sat on a stone. It scratched with "both 
feet together. It staid feeding in one place for 
some time. 
The meadowlark came "back and I did not stir. 
Did not notice me. It sang. 
Next a redpoll flew over. Then I went home. 
Tonight after supper a great "blue heron flew 
over the corn. It went towards the half moon. 
April 5, 1900 - Thursday. 
This morning I saw a flock of redpolls. I 
thought that they had gone north. 
Some red-winged blackbirds were singing down 
below. 
After breakfast I v'ent down the track to the 
bridge. Saw a vesper sparrow on a post. Its 
alarm note was tseep or tseet . Its song was 
your pair pair pair pair sweet s weetie sweet sweet 
sweit sweet 3i sa. The last is hard to represent. 
One alarm note was a kissing tchuck . 
Frightened up a mourning dove that was feeding 
on the track. 
Heard a bluejay give a talking note like glad 
to meet ye. 
Saw af^Sparrow in the brush. It gave a note 
like t chuck too. Heard a tree sparrow sing. 
A kingfisher flew over rattling. 
Heard a bluejay singing again today. It sound¬ 
ed like some of the smaller sparrows. One gave a 
note like kr-r-r-rk, and jounced up and down while 
giving it. 
The fox sparrows song sounded like wheet wheur 
wheet wheur e wheur e whee whee wheur . It is loud 
and ringing Tike the Orioles. 
The downy woodpecker has the same loud note 
like skitter itter r-r * I heard a female give. 
She drank some sap _ 
Eackett’s woods I heard <te A laughing wick v/ick wick 
wick in a loud tone. 
