February 10» 1901 - Sunday . 
This afternoon it was quite warin'. Went out 
^y Lyons to watch prairie horned lark3. There 
was a flock of five by Jansens. The;y were quite 
tame. They would let teams drive up close by 
them. They were very busy gettirg food. One 
sang. That one drove the others away. One 
other gave a little quivering song and the first 
one chased it all the time. One browner and 
grayer than the rest kept off to one side. 
Heard the wick wick wick of a flicker from 
over in Sproul's woods. Went over as fast as 
I could. 1 listened around and finally heard a 
tapping noise in a large tree. I watched for 
some time but saw nothing. 
Two blue jays came hunting around near me. 
I vent nearer and the tapping ceased. All at 
once I heard the call again back of me. Almost 
immediately one of the blue jays mocked it but 
not quite in the same tone. I waited around 
for about half an hour and saw nothing of it. 
■‘•hen 1 started for home. 
In front of north's a bluejay lit above me 
and began to give its notes. On one it rocked 
bp and down while giving it. 
There were five others near. They all lit 
in the tops of the Lombardy poplars in front of 
Piersons. 3 of them (presumably males) chased 
Qach other around. They all gave their notes 
loudly. Perhaps the warm weather had awakened 
thoughts of spring in them. Then I went home. 
February 13, 1901 - Wednesday . 
This morning only the downy woodpecker came 
to the suet. I had neglected to put any out 
a ny for a few days. The chicadees hunted for 
grubs in the chips. 
