1900 
OCTOBER 
October 1, 1900 - Monday. 
V.'ent up on the Hill with Art Rudy after 
school. 
W hile going there I saw a family of chipping 
sparrows by Doherty's. 
Art and I hunted through the wheat field but 
<iid not see any horned larks. 
Pound plenty of droppings and some small 
feathers. Saw some small birds down the rail¬ 
road track. Went down. They were very wild and 
es it was a gloomy day I could not identify them 
st first. They proved to be vesper sparrows. 
They were quarrelsome and chased each other. 
When 1 flushed they went into a cornfield. They 
rose at about 100 feet. 
A mourning dove flew by going quite fast. It 
was low down about 30 feet from the ground. It 
went south. Then I went home. 
October 2, 1900 - Tuesday . 
This morning it rained. Mother heard a strange 
note from pettey's yard. I knew it was a quail. 
‘Vhen I heard it it was giving the scatter call and 
was answered from the fields. It was feeding on 
fche boxelder keys. When it saw me it flew. 
This noon father told me thut it had been in 
*n the barn eating oats. 
October 3, 1900 - Wednesday. 
"6nt down to Seeley’s marsh this morning. 
x here were a great number of sparrows. They were 
8 *%ing. The young song sparrows gave a queer 
^^ture but the old ones sang clearly. Heard a 
d-winged blackbird sing over towards Hacketts. 
Saw 9 bluebirds. Then I went home. 
Tonight l!rs. Russel told me that a patridge 
RS’d been in her yard. She said we called it a 
