Walked, past where the barred owl’s nest was. 
She was sitting with her head to the east so that 
the sun’s rays would not strike her eyes. The 
other time she faced west but that was in the 
afternoon. She half opened her eyes as I passed. 
A little junco was singing and eating at the 
same time. 
Went over by the half moon. A crow lit in 
front of me in a tree. I pointed a stick at 
him and he flew off. 
Heard a mourning dove coo. 
Saw some long-billed marsh wrens. They were 
singing but I could not catch the song. I was 
looking for one when it bobbed up nearly at my 
feet. 
Saw several brown creepers. They never go on 
the branches of a tree. Always on the trunk. 
They are so restless that it seems as if they 
got nothing to eat. Some crows were pestering 
another barred owl. They flew off and the owl 
with them as I approached. Then 1 went home. 
Went to Baraboo this afternoon. 
Saw a horned lark in the road. The yellow 
was quite marked. 
Some crow3 were feeding in a field. They 
were not afraid. 
On the way back some red-headed woodpeckers 
were fly catching. They would fly uut, hold 
their wings stiff for an instant, and then come 
back. 
April 6, 1900 - Friday. 
This morning before breakfast I went down to 
the ditch. 
Heard a song sparrow give an alarm note, like 
tsink. 
About 80 robins flew over going north along 
the valley. They straggled along in flocks of 
20 or more. 
They called to each other all the time. 
Some tree sparrows were there too. If one 
got too near a song sparrow the song sparrow 
would run at it and chase it off. 
