April 14, 1900 - Saturday. 
Went "dovm*' , 5ack~o? Doherfty’s This morning, 
before breakfast. The robins and blackbirds had 
all left. The meadowlarks were singing and as 
I approached them they would turn their backs to 
me. It was hard to see them then. 
Watched the phoebe again. It held its tail 
up so as not to get it wet, when it went down 
for larvae but dipped its feet in. 
Heard a red-winged blackbird give an alarm 
note like chtlt . There is one pair of red-wings 
that build dov.n there. A male is there now and 
you can hear his kong quer - ee at almost anytime 
of the day. Then i went home. 
At noon I saw a flock of about 10 bronzed 
grackles. They flew north. 
This afternoon Percy and ^ went down to 
the barred owl’s nest. There were still two eggs 
in it. The old owl kept an eye on us all the 
time. A man was shooting at them but did not 
hit them. 
I got a feather from a limb. It was about 
5-l/2 inches long and the vanes were soft and 
downy at the tip, it was buffy and the rest was 
grey. Then I went home. 
Tonight a heavy wind was blowing. I saw a 
bronzed grackle trying to balance himself on the 
top spray of a Norway spruce. He finally took 
a low perch. 
April 15, 1900 - Sunday. 
This npxm the valley 'is filled.’with a dense 
fog. I went down to Doherety’s. As * approched 
about 4 meadowlarks were flying around and fight¬ 
ing. They gave a sputtering note of alarm and 
anger like spzee-et-et. Then I went home. 
After breakfast I went down in the fields; 
meadowlarks were flying around. One sang while 
sailing, anotherlit in the grass and then 
stretched up to look at me. 
One sang while only about 10 feet away. 
One gave a call note like sweet. 
Saw a flicker on the ground,it hopped. 
