There were bluebirds all over in that place. 
Out in the lane by the house one was feeding in 
the road with a vesper sparrow. It flev/ up and 
the sparrow fought it in the air. There was a 
flock of strange birds here. 
By the bridge I heard a queer trembling sweet 
song coming from 3 ome weeds. It reminded me of 
a wren. (Song sparrow). I could not see what, 
bird it was. The English sparrows frightened it 
when they flew. Heard crows caw. 
Then I went home. 
This afternoon ihe sparrows were feeding out 
in the garden. Cf a sudden 1 saw one that was 
much lighterthan the others. It v/as a light 
cream color on the back. n i. 
Saw a number of nighthawks this evening. The 
are getting cold. 
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September 9, 1900 - Sunday. 
Went down by the ditch this morning. Saw a 
number of Indigo buntings. Two had no tails. 
They were much excited. A song sparrow caught 
insects on the wing. English sparrow's did the 
same up by H. Smith’s. Saw an American gold¬ 
finch. Then I went home. 
This afternoon I went over in T. Hackett’s 
woods. At the gate v/as a flock of chicadees. 
They were very tame. One had a large green 
worm. It was about 2 inches long. It held 
it under its foot and picked off pieces of it. 
Then it picked it up and hopped off. After 
looking around it put it in a crotch and left it. 
Another came while it v/as eating and looked 
at it. They gave notes like sut.y suty s eety 
seets a lur . 
Heard a yellow—billed cuckoo. Followed the 
sound. I could hear them in all directions but 
could not locate them. Finally I discovered 
that they were chipmunks. Heard a loud tick 
or tchick over head. A yellow-throated vireo 
gave it. There were numbers of them here. They 
sang and called. This one was much disturbed 
