Heard, another farther over. The blackbird 
V/aa a male. It was in the top of an elm. 
Jim Seeley came down and we went over in 
^e plum orchard. 
Heard the northern shrike sing. It was the 
same song. 
The nuthatches were singing too. A tree 
sparrow gave a note like pees-wees and I 
thought it was a spotted sandpiper. 
Then we went to school. 
Tonight after school I went down in the 
fields. It was chilly but was melting. The sun 
Was partly obscured. The wind was from the east 
s^d blew quite hard. 
Heard the crows and prairie horned larks as 
Usual. 
Jim Seeley came dov.n and we went over on the 
1 s land. Saw a marsh hawk. It flew over to the 
hill. 
Then went home. 
March 19, 1901 - Tuesday. 
This morning everything wa"s covered with about 
an inch of ice. 
8 male end 3 female evening grosbeaks were on 
ae ground over by Pettey's house. They dug out 
8e eds with their bills. The males picked each 
°iher when they got near but the females did not. 
March 20, 1901 - Wednesday. 
This morning when I got up it was snowing quite 
The chicadees were around as visual, when 
hard 
males came near, they spread their tails like 
ans. r^e females picked them whenever they came. 
One little fellow's tail looked rather 
ta gged. The one he wanted for mate picked him un¬ 
mercifully and he seemed somewhat discouraged. He 
lew inside the woodshed and sat on a stick with 
r °oping tail preening his feathers. His mate 
as eating suet and it came off rather hard, 
g ^Ui'^'ime she struck she gave a scolding low cuh 
