Kaine’s woods were full of tree sparrows. 
They were all singing. There must have been 
150 or more of them. Saw several fox sparrows. 
One sang 50 feet from the ground and another 
answered it from a brushpile. Saw quite a large 
flock of rusty blackbirds. I have seen it 
several times. 
Heard a bluejay give a conversational note 
like punk a wal lah. 
Saw a phoebe getting larvae and insects 
from the river. 
If a fox sparrow thinks that it is not seen 
it will sit perfectly still. I looked at one 
for sometime. 
Saw a number of redwinged blackbirds in 
Seeley's marsh. Then I went home. 
Y/ent down by the railroad bridge afternoon. 
Saw several juncos in the woods. They were 
singing. 
I heard a spattering noise down by the river 
and looking up saw a dusky duck fly off. 
I followed it but did not see it. 
There were several English sparrows in the 
woods when I found that I could not see the duck 
again. I thought that I would go out by the 
wagon bridge and back around.As I neared the 
b^rdge I heard a tapping noise.by the road, and 
sat down to wait until the author should appear. 
IK made a slight noise and a chicadee appeared. 
Y/ent around to see what it was doing and to ny 
surprise it was excavating a nesting cavity. It 
was in a willow stub 3-l/2 inches through and 
nearly 6 feet from the ground. I went over by a 
stump near the river to watch it. 
Two mourning doves flew out of a tree. 
The chicadee started to go in once but a 
foot-passenger scared it away. 
A meadowlark lit in a tall tree and sang. 
It gave a squeaking song such as they do when 
fighting. 
