It was snowing hard. I stamped a little and 
a robin flew from under the platform. 
Saw another robin tonight tov/ards dark. 
Ap ril 12, 1900 ~ Thursday . 
This morning 1 made a slight railing 
around a large board and covered it with wheat, 
crumbs and sunflower - seeds. After a while some 
English sparrows came. They would flutter down 
and hang for an instant and then go back up 
without alighting. Two lit in the snow and 
then flew up again. They ate snow. 
Saw a robin this morning. It had all its 
feathers fluffed out. 
Heard a meadowlark sing tonight. I should 
think that this snow would be cold for ground 
birds. It is melting fast but more falls. 
April IS, 1900 - Friday . 
This morning it is still snowing a little. 
Went down on ^oherjsty’s land. A great number of 
robins, blackbirdsV and vesper sparrows and juncos 
had collected on a bare slope to feed. 
One rusty blackbird was walking hurriedly 
about. He flew up on a post and sang. He did 
everything hurriedly as though he was going away 
soon. The song was something like a red-winged 
blackbirds, only higher and faster. 
Went down to the same place after break¬ 
fast. Carried along some wheat and scattered it 
around. 
A robin was sitting on a fence over a pond. 
It suddenly fluttered down and stuck its bill in 
the water. It did this several times. It must 
have been capturing larvae. A flock of about 
50 robins were scattered around feeding. 
Two meadowlarks were singing at each other. 
Suddenly a flock of about 25 rusty black¬ 
birds swept by me and lit on the ground. Two 
fought while flying. Then they flew up in a tree 
