what I thought was a mourning dove. Another 
soon passed. 
Then they began to soar and I 3aw that they 
were Sharp-shinned hawks. A bluejay followed 
them around and called warningly. Saw a 
pair of hairy woodpeckers showing off before 
a female. The winter wrens gave a note some¬ 
thing like that of a song sparrow. 
They hopped around with spread tails giving 
the rolling note while she gave the skik note. 
Saw a flock of quail on the way home. 
Pound a cedar waxwing's nest with 3 nearly 
grown young in it. They were wild and flew 
out when I touched the nest. One stretched up 
to its fullest height and looked at me fear¬ 
fully. The nest was lined with wool. Then we 
went home. 
Saw winter wrens. 
September S3, 1900 - Sunday . 
This morning I went down in the fields before 
breakfast. Saw a flock of 20 meadowlarks. They 
Were wild. They sang. One had a very clear voice. 
The others were not so good. Heard a robin try 
to sing. It was a rather poor attempt. The 
robins are coming around now more. 
After breakfast went down by the ditch. Saw 
the flight song of the Indigo bunting. Heard a 
strange sweet song but could not locate the giver 
in the weeds. (Song sparrow) 
This afternoon I went over across the river. 
Picked up an Orioles nest under an elm tree. 
Saw two chicadees at the ravines. One of them 
whistled spring here all the time. 
A hairy woodpecker hunted around the tree3. 
Saw 3 red-tailed hawks circling around. They 
gave a note like keyur-r-r, given as nearly as 
possible in one syllable. 
^aw a chipping sparrow eat a measuring worm. 
had not lost all the stripes on its breast. 
It was a young one. Analysed the orioles nest. 
Outside silky fibers sewed with horsehair 
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