Saw that red-hellied, woodpecker in the farther 
side of the woods. It flew up from the ground and 
hopped around the trees scolding at me. It kept 
well among the upper branches of the large trees. 
It looked in a freshly made hole and then flew over 
across the river. The hole was its roosting 
place.I think. It was in a tall tree about 40 
feet up. It was chiselled out a dead limb about 
2 feet long that stuck out of the trunk. 
I copied down come of its notes que que kwair. 
They were given in a nasal tone and were very hard 
to represent. 
I followed him. lie would perch crosswise once 
in a while. 
A blue jay lit near him and the two looked very 
handsome together. Went on. The Seeley Creek 
was swollen and I had to go around back of G. 
Hacketts to the sheep bridge. 
Saw a number of juncoes and tree sparrows. 
Vent on to the hemlocks. Saw and heard several 
crows. One flew over close by me. 
In the little cave I saw the footprints of 
juncos and ruffed grouse. 
There were a number of chicadees around. ’.Vent 
down into the brush near the river. Scared up a 
large male ruffed grouse. He rose up through the 
brush within 10 feet of me. He spread his tail. 
Ihe ruffs showed plainly. The wings made a loud 
n oise. I scared it up tv/ice after that. Once 
another, a female, rose with it. It lit across 
the river under some thornapple trees. 
Then I went back. 
In Volls woods 1 saw a dowry? v/oodpecker. It 
w as after sunset. 
I have seen no red-headed woodpeckers for over 
a month. I think that they have gone south. 
Then I went home. 
November 15, 1900 - Thursday. 
Today it qas quite cold with 4 inches of snow, 
blue jay came down to the old sunflower and ate 
seed. 
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Pit out some suet. A .hite-freastsd nuthatch 
