There were two males and one female. One 
gave a note like whee tchick. The first note in¬ 
drawn and the second of a kissing nature. 
Found another chicadee’s nest. It was 
finished all hut the lining. It was in a stub in 
a pool of v/ater. The ground for some distance 
around was covered with chips. 
To my sorrow as I put my finger in the hole 
my foot slipped and the side was torn off. When 
I went home I went on a ride with father to the 
southwest. For the first mile or so horned larks 
of both species we re common. Then we entered some 
flats and meadowlarks and vesper sparrows were 
singing from fence and tree. 
At a farm house where we stopped the English 
sparrows were roosting on a straw stack. Heard 
the whisttied bob-white of the quail for the first 
time this year. It was some distance off. 
On our way home a sparrow hawk dropped from 
his perch to the ground, probably for a mouse 
but did not find it. 
After it was nearly dark and other birds 
had gone to roost vesper sparrows and robins 
could be heard singing. Then we went home. 
April 16, 1900 - Monday . 
This morning it rained quite hard. Before 
school I veqtdown to repair the chicadee’s nest. 
Took some bark and twine. The bark covered the 
side nicely and I put an entrance hole in it and 
then tied it on. 
I saw the yellow-bellied woodpecker flying 
around and calling. 
The brush by the road was full of juncos, 
tree sparrows and fox sparrows. They were all 
singing. 
Song also sang. 
'.Then I got home a bronzed grackle was on 
the school belfry. The English sparrows were much 
disturbed about it. A pair of sparrows are trying 
to build in one of my bird houses. 
