The youngsters kept to the tops of the trees while 
she got food, near the ground. 
Farther on I saw a young male downy woodpecker. 
It was very tame. It was gettirg grubs from under 
sticks. Its bill was not quite grown. It braced 
with its tail. It would pick off some rotten wood 
and throw it over its head. 
Then a family of reu-eyed vireos in company with 
some chicadees came in sight. One of the vireos 
hunted along the ground. 
A party of white breasted nuthatches came along 
and I witnessed their fighting. A male suddenly 
spread his tail and raised it above his back and 
gave notes like the sound made by rubbing rubber 
on the teeth. They hopped around in that way 
for awhile and then went to feeding. I think that 
they were fighting for the same reason that 
young roosters do to see which is biggest. They 
fought a little, liaybe they were fighting for 
mates. There was a female near. 
Heard a chipping sparrow sing in the edge of 
the wo ods. 
A nuthatch caught a large moth and a least 
flycatcher tried to snap it away, but did not 
succeed. The nuthatch jammed it in to a crevice 
in the bark and then ate it. 
Crossed the railroad track and went to the 
half moon. 
Saw a redhead fly over with something in his 
bill. Then I went home. 
V/as sitting on the porch when several English 
sparrows flew down into the road and dusted them¬ 
selves. One chased the other away and used their 
places. They fluttered their wings. 
July 29, 1900 - Sunday. 
Looked in the cedar waxwing’s nest this eve¬ 
ning. There was 1 large young bird in it just 
showing feather tracts. 
