when they ccrae. Suddenly a flock of 16 or 20 
bluejays flew over, their wings made a noise. (They 
lit across the river and then all but4 or 5 flew 
sast down the valley. 
Saw a killdeer in fiske’s pasture. I thought 
that it might have a nest in the marsh. I did 
not find it, but I scared up a Wilson’s snipe, 
it gave an alarm note like scaip e. It flew 
straight. I noticed its long bill and its back 
as it flew. 
Saw a kingbird in a clump of willows by the 
river. It caught insects. 
Then I went home. 
Went down on the island this afternoon with 
Richard*Engelmann. 7/e saw a male redstart. It 
Was singing-. Heard a warbling vireo give the 
Squnking song. 
Richard showed me a song sparrow’s nest. The 
female stayed on till we were about 5 feet away, 
and then slipped off without giving an alarm 
note, ihe nest was on the ground under a low 
gooseberry bush. It had 5 eggs. They were bluish 
green spotted with dark cinnamon brown. The fe¬ 
male sat in a thornapple while we looked at it. 
Saw the restart flycatching. It looked like a 
arge hummingbird as it fluttered around. Went 
0n across uhe bridge to Englemann's pasture. 
■ound a bluejays nest with 5 eggs in it. The old 
sat with her bill in the air. 
Saw a catbird. It caught insects on the wing. 
Over by the slough saw a spotted sandpiper, 
it was very tame. It waded and caught things in 
the water. 
In sproul’s woods 1 heard several nuthatches 
and chicadees. Found where a downy woodpecker 
had recently chiseled three holes in a hollow 
tree, one above the other, probably for a nest . 
Saw a male scarlet tanager. It called. It was 
not wild. 
Sa * \ pair of bronzed grackles. They acted as 
ugh they had a nest in a clump of pines. Then 
V/ e went home. 
