December 26, 1900 - Wednesday. 
Th ’ L ^ 1 ^ s a ^ ern0 °n I was up in the front room, 
'i j ® golden-crowned kinglet came to the spruce. 
0 ad a fine sight of it. It would hang on the 
h ermost branches. It flitted its wings and 
ept its body feathers well puffed out. 
Decembe r 28, 1900 - Friday. 
This morning the downy woodpecker seemed 
b srmed about something. He had to sneeze up 
ls courage. He would give short jerkey bobs. 
December 30, 1900 - Sunday. 
th morning was standing under the suet v.hen 
chicadee flew into the little elm and after 
anH lng went down to eat. It hung back down 
looked at me once in a while. 
Held a pine branch up to the golden-crowned 
flglet but it would not go on it. 
1901 
JANUARY 
January 1, 1901 - Tu esday. 
ColH hiS aftei ‘ noon was bright and sunny though 
7 ; e , * There was 4 inches of snow on the ground. 
b ™ down in the woods. In Voll's woods were 3 
ejey-s. They screamed an alarm to all the other 
aS soon as th ey saw me. Went on over to 
hemlocks. Heard a brown creeper. Climbed on 
^ * At the top I saw 3 ruffed grouse sitting on 
mg ^Tl oak 20 feet up. They flew when they saw 
s * .® ne went east and I followed it but did not 
u 5 asf lt * An irarnen se great horned owl flew down 
1 1 and ^ 1 saw where it lit but when I got 
a ba Sn ^ bac ^ ky Seeley’s. A number of English 
1 fleW int0 their 1,61,11 I thought that 
them. I stood in the door but they were not 
I could not find it. 
