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ns ects. It is smaller and had a shorter 
tail than a warbling vireo. One of the barred 
owl’s hooted bub the other did not answer. Saw 
a cowbird across the river in a tree. It was 
a male. He gave the song and a note like stee 
to the first syllable of which is indrawn. 
The junco has a song almost like that of a 
chipping sparrow. As I entered T. Hackett's 
woods I heard a song sparrow v.ith wonderful vocal 
power. It gave trills and notes with endless 
variety. 
The hairy woodpecker gives a note like kle 
kle kle . It is a conversational note. Some¬ 
times the notes are run together so that it 
makes a rattle like that of a kingfisher. Heard 
a field sparrow singing across the river. A 
female hairy woodpecker was hunting on the ground. 
If any leaves were in the road she would stick her 
bill through them and throw them over her heud. 
Saw a pair of yellow-bellied woodpeckers. The 
male was digging holes in maple trees. They 
rattled to each other, not fast but tapped slowly, 
when they got in the same tree they bobbed and 
bowed to each other and gave a loud laughing kia 
kia kia . The drumming was 8 or 10 taps long. 
One flew down close to me. Its wings hum when it 
flies. It was the male. He had tapped a black 
barked maple. Those have the sweetest sap. He 
had only drilled two holes. They were as smooth 
as thought taken out with a punch. He had drilled 
between the ridges of the bark. 
Heard a white-eyed vireo sing. Parts of the 
song sounded like that of a warbling vireo. 
Went over and visited the barred owl’s nest. 
The old one looked at me and then closed her eyes 
again. The maple had three holes in it when I 
came back. 
A white-eyed vireo sang for about five minutes. 
It paused a little once in u while to snap at 
insects. It was still when it sang. 
