That is as near as I can represent it. 
Went on through the open. In the woods near 
the hend I heard the note of a yellow-bellied 
wood-. soon I saw it. It was a young one. 
I hid behind a tree and Thatched it. There was a 
choke cherry tree full of cherries just in front 
of me. It grew at the base of an elm. The wood¬ 
pecker flew to the elm and then hopped onto a 
twig of the cherry tree. It ate several cherries 
swallowing them pit and all. 
Two young robins had found a shady plot of 
sod and were hunting over it. They were wild 
and flew up in a frightened manner. 
The phoebe’s nest was torn down, Around the 
bend I saw the song flight of the Indigo buntings 
Heard a harsh note like tsea atch coming from a 
tree as I approached 3 young wood pewees flew 
out of their nest on a horizontal limb, 6 feet 
from the ground. 
The old ones were not much alarmed but the 
young were very wild. 
Heard a tapping noise and saw another yellow 
hellied woodpecker tapping away at a dead tree. 
9 or 10 bluejays and redheaded woodpeckers were 
feeding on sweet acorns in a large tree. 
Then I came on the main flock of jays. There 
were nearly 100 of them in the trees and on the 
ground. A few were bothering a sparrow hawk. 
They settled near it when it lit and followed it 
when it flew but did not fight it. They gave a 
harsh note like kack while near it. The sparrow 
hawk was not so peaceably inclined and drove one 
from a limb. An old red-head chased a young one 
around in a tree. 
Saw a spotted sandpiper. Following the river 
Up I saw the family of Maryland yeliowthroats in 
a potato field. 
Then I went home. 
August 6, 1900 - Monday . 
This morning before breakfast I was up by 
Carpenter’s when I saw the young yellow-bellied 
