April 18, 1900 - Wednesday . 
Thi s morning aflock of at out <25 ducks 
flew over the town and lit in the river. I could 
not distinguish the species. 
April 18, 1900 - Wednesday . 
This morning as I was pumping the water a 
cliff swallow flew over. It acted as if it 
was tired. 
Went down on Doherety’s and seated myself 
on a hoard. I had scarcely done so when three 
robins lit by me. There were two males and a 
female. He hopped with back towards her and 
with spreading tail, singing softly all the 
time. I made a move for my opera glass and they 
flew off with notes of alarm. 
A vesper sparrow came and sang beside. 
The meadowlarks were giving a call note like 
whoip. It was indrawn. A flicker gave a loud 
laughing wick wick w ick wick . 
Three or four bluebirds flew around 
It called 
calling to each other. 
The Phoebe was down there yet. 
a little. _ 
After breakfast I went down in *• 
Hackett’s woods. As I was going over the bridge 
a flicker stuck its head out of a hole in an old 
stub. It was a female. They have used the same 
hole for two years now. This being the second. 
I examined the chicadees nest but they had not 
used it. It has been raining and they could 
not get <^ry material. 
The ye How— bellied woodpeckers were in 
evidence today. They seemed to be inquisitive 
and came quite close. 
Saw one hairy and a downy woodpecker.^ 
One of the yellow-bellied woodpeckers tapped 
a basswood tree. I was watching some kinglets 
feed on something whidithey got from the 
