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in a brush pile in front of me. They gave the 
love note while getting it. saw a redwinged, 
blackbird sing while flying. 
Crows were flying around and I saw two red- 
tailed hawks. Then I went home. 
Tonight after supper I went down in the 
fields. Heard a quail give the callnote quoi hee . 
Its whistle scared up several song and vesper 
sparrows that were roosting in tufts of grass. 
Saw one killdeer it was quite wild. 
Heard a harsh kiche and saw two Wilson’s 
snipes. They were flying in circles and mounting 
higher all the time. They flew off and after a 
little one came back. Then I went home. 
April 22, 1900 - Sunday. 
Went down in the fields this morning. Pound 
some borings and made a drawing of them. There 
were two kinds of tracks. The Wilson's snipes - 
front toe is longest. They were two and one half 
inches deep. In one place it had run its bill in 
up to its head. The woodcock’s hind toe slasted 
even with the hind toe of the bird. 
Saw a song sparrow flycatching. Pound v/here 
the killdeer had been boring. 
Y/ent on and found v/here something had been 
digging in the side of a little hillock. A kill¬ 
deer rose from beside it so it must have been 
making a nest or digging angleworms. Saw a 
flicker on the ground. ’.Then it flew at every 
glide it jerked up its tail. Noticed that the 
meadowlark flies v/ith spread tail. 
Suddenly I heard a loud killdeer and saw one 
of them dash down beside his mate from high in 
the air. It gave the note all the time. It went 
right on and aid not stop by her. 
Went on back in the woods. Two large birds 
flew up with a whir. I looked at them and saw 
that they were evening grosbeaks. They sat on 
a limb for about ten minutes. Then they flew 
down onto the ground and began to feed on box- 
elder seeds that had fallen to the ground. They 
were male and female. The female was quite 
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