Went over to watch the bobolinks. A man 
was cultivatirg and they did not come. Saw a 
pair of Indigo buntings. The killdeers eggs 
are not hatched. Then I went to school. 
Tonight I vent up to look at the chicadees 
nest. The bluebird had built right over them. 
Tonight I found a catbirds nest with 2 eggs 
in it on the riverbank. It was about 4 feet 
above ground in a willow and was half hidden by 
the catkins. The birds nest has been partially 
torn out. (redstart). 
Kay 22, 1500 - Tuesday . 
Tonight I went down on the river bank. 
Saw the cliff swallows getting mud for their 
nests. I watched them for some time. They held 
up their wings like a Wilson’s snipe to balance. 
They made no sound. There were about 10 at a 
time there. They were all female, i was behind a 
little tree. 
There were still 4 eggs in the song sparrows 
nest. 
Saw some Wilson snipe. 
After dark Jim Seeley and 1 went down. The 
young killdeers were gone. Vie scared up a male 
bobolink and his rote. They were roosting togeth¬ 
er. It was after dark and he sang. Then we went 
home. 
I was told that a few days ago a live crow was 
seen nailed with spread wings to a corncrib. The 
man that would do that should be prosecuted. 
Kay 23, 1900 - Wednesday. 
The purple martin's are building in both rooms 
of ny bird house. 1 climbed up the tree but they 
flew away. The male robin came around and 
scolded at the black cat. The other day when the 
cat tried to climb to the martin’s father threw 
a pail of water over him. 
A male Baltimore oriole went in the church 
belfry for strings. The English sparrows were 
looking at it. A martin flew through the belfry. 
