May 24, 1900 - Thursday . 
This noon I went down to the kil'ldeer again, 
f I could, not find them as 1 did not have much time. 
- The old ones were very anxious. 
The male robin comes around and when he sees 
the black cat gives the alarmnote all the time. 
The quail are getting thick in the meadows now. 
I hear them whistling and frighten them up fre¬ 
quently. I think they are nesting. 
Tonight Jim Seeley and I went down in the fields. 
We tried to get the nest out but could not. We 
found one young one. It was quite noisey. We were 
standing about 4 feet apart and it was in a clump 
of grass between us. We only found the one. It 
ran quite well. Heard the whippoorwill on the 
Hill and several night hawks flev; over towards the 
Northwest. 
Saw a few Wilson's snipe. 
|. Then we wont home. 
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May 25, 1900 - Friday . 
The young robins are out of the nest. Thqycall 
a good deal. 
Tonight one of the young robins was on Mrs. 
Russel’s fence. It kept still until the old one 
same to feed it. Then it gave a few chweeps. The 
old one fed it angleworms. I approached within 
4 feet of it and it sat still. Went down in the 
fields. Saw a male bobolink. I see Ihem here nearly 
every time. 
I think that the song sparrow has abandoned her 
best. 
In Maine's woods I saw a yellow warbler. 
There are a good many cowbirds here. 
Saw a female white-breasted nuthatch. It is 
(g queer how loud a birds claws sound on the elm bark. 
Jk Saw a nighthawk high in the air. Across the 
r iver I heard a prarie harned lark singing. They are 
father inconspicuous now. 
The nest is nearly all gone. I think that it was 
