woodpecker again. It was on a telephone post. 
It was trying to dig a hole in it. It hit 
sideways and pulled hut finally gave up in 
disgust. 
Then it flew over by Stl^enbrink's and lit 
on a Norway spruce. It examined some old 
holes made for sap in an interested manner. 
Then I went home. 
august 9, 1900 - Thursday . 
Heard a male sparrow - with a queer love note 
this afternoon it was like the creak of a grind 
stone. 
August 12, 1900 - Sunday. 
This afternoon I went down to the ravines. 
Saw a wood pewee. It sang. It caught insects 
on the wing with a snap. 
Did not see the redheaded woodpecker. 
Found the wings of a viceroy butterfly that had 
been eaten by some bird. 
tent on to the woods. 
A male bobwhite flew up and lit on the fence 
about twenty feet away. He walked along the 
fence peeping and peering and giving notes like 
too-too-too too-r-r-r-rt in a low tone. Then 
lie crouched "and after a minute of indecision 
flew up in a basswood. There he walked along 
the limbs and finally settled down in the sun 
and plumed himself. 
Then a bird as large as a bluebird with a 
yellow body and black wings came into sight for 
an instant and then disappeared. (Female tanager) 
Saw a male redstart. The wood pewee was 
feeding one of its young ones as I came along. 
The young one was afraid. 
Saw a robin with food in its bill. It gave the 
a larmnot e. 
A yellow-bellied woodpecker flew over calling 
as I reached the top of the hill. It flew like 
a goldfinch. Like the diagram. 
