After breakfast I went down on the island 
by Elliott’s house. I saw two bluejays building 
a nest in a box elder about 18 feet from the 
ground. They brought twigs and strings and 
arranged them in a circle. One dropped a stick 
close by me and came after it. The other 
crouched down in the nest and I could hardly see 
him. Pound another bluejay's nest in a Norway 
spruce by KcCoy’s. It was about 12 feet from 
the ground. It had the foundation finished. 
Saw a red-headed woodpecker fly for some 
distance. It caught insects on the way. 
While watching the first woodchuck** I 
saw the first bam swallow of the year. Climbed 
up and looked in the' woodpecker's hole on the 
island and the stuff in it had been arranged in 
the nest. 
Saw a yellow-bellied woodpecker. It was 
rather tame and was tapping a basswood tree. 
Saw a male hairy woodpecker. I have not 
seen a male for some time. 
Several species of blackbirds were here 
and I saw a white-eyed vireo. Climbed up and 
looked at the crows nest in the swamp maple. It 
had not been touched. 
Heard a robin give a thin note see-see 
while wooing his mate. 
Then I went to school. 
Tonight about dark 1 heard a killdeer 
calling and went down in the fields. I saw two 
killdeer. I got very close to one. Suddenly a 
bird jumped up with a loud kichee and flew off. 
Its wing made quite a noise.' It must have been 
a Wilson snipe. I heard it several times. 
Then I went home. 
April 21, 1900 - Saturday . 
This morning I rode out in the country. 
Went over in Voecks marsh. There was a crow’s 
nest there but I could not find it. 
Saw a mourning dove and two bluejays. The 
bluejays were builairg a nest. They got material 
