by me. On the west side were a number of nut¬ 
hatches and a black and white creeper. I follow¬ 
ed it for quite a ways. Vlhe n it flew from one 
tree to another it gave a faint tseet. It did 
not brace with its tail. It kept to the trunks 
and lower and middle branches of the trees. At 
times it hunted around much the same as any 
percher . It had one queer habit of zig zagging 
along a limb. It would jump up and come down 
facing the other way. It would keep this up 
for several feet. 
Across the track I saw a male rosebreasted 
grosbeak and heard the call of it s young. 
Then I went home. 
September 12, 1900 - Wednesday . 
This morning I heard a meadowlark sing. 
Y.ent to Baraboo this afternoon. Saw vesper 
sparrows along the road. Between Yiatson’s and 
the corner a sparrow hawk flew out of a corn 
field where it had been hunting mice. 
A mournii^ dove was sitting on a telephone 
wire. By the ford in Lyon's were a number of 
bronzed grackles. On the way back we saw them 
sating field corn. There were about 25 of them. 
Heard a whippoorwill tonight. 
September 15, 1900 - Thursday. 
This morning I heard a meadowlark sing. A 
Prairie horned lark flew over. A flock of a 
hozen cedar waxwings looked queer with the sun 
turning their bodies yellow and wings black. 
A flock of 5 bronzed grackles started to fly 
through the trees. One had no tail. 
This evening about 4 o’clock I could see the 
English sparrows catching insects in all direc¬ 
tions. 
September 14, 1900 - Friday . 
This morning over by the school-house I saw 
5 red-tailed hawks at once. They were sailing. 
