February 16, 1901 - Saturday. 
This morning Art Audy and I went down below 
Seeley's. Started out a flock of quails out of 
a clump of willows. 
The air was keen and there was a strong north 
wind. The sky was cloudy and it looked like a 
storm. Suddenly about 200 small birds flew over 
calling. V/e were on the river bank. They lit 
back of Seeley's. Art went after njy glass and 
I watched them. I saw that they were feeding on 
ragweed and other seeds. I crouched in a fence 
corner on the snow and they came up around me. 
One lit almost within reach and stretched up to 
look at me. I saw that it v/as a Lapland 
Longspur. The first that I had ever seen. • 
They were quite noisy though their notes were 
not loud, one was like teur. It had a dull 
sound, another v/as like chit-t-t. 
The prairie horned larks were with them to 
the number of 15. They fought the longspurs and 
drove them about. They would fly over them and 
jab them in the backs and then the longspurs would 
fly away perhaps going a mile before lighting 
again. I saw which way they were going and 
got ahead of them. Soon they were all around 
toe. They ate ragweed. A bunch of about 20 
split off from the others and fed separately. 
They were not so liable to be suddenly frighten¬ 
ed. 
They flew over in Voeck's field. The flight 
vas erratic and they circled around before 
lighting. Art and I went over there. I heard 
one but it sounded as if it was a long ways off. 
I walked right into the flock without scaring 
hem before I saw them. They were on some 
r °ugh plowed ground and were hard to keep track 
°f. They walked with a graceful motion.'On the 
snow could be seen the track of the long hind 
°law. They flew from here over into Foil's, we 
® arted over there. Went down through llaine's 
/oods. Saw some tree sparrows. Then we went 
