March 22, 1901 - Friday. 
This morning I got up 6:20. There was not a 
°loud in sight. V.'ent dovm in the fields. The 
r ees wore covered with ice and were very 
Pretty. The river was way up. I could not get 
across the ditch at the usual place hy the river 
ecause it was so high. 
Heard a prairie horned lark and some crows. 
Maine’s woods I scared up a flock of 8 
^erican goldfinches. I was in the farther 
the woods when I heard a song sparrow 
f %• I listened and it sang twice more. I 
£* e< l to get a look at it but could not. It 
^ hintped at me once. 
th ^ ne goldfinches flew down and called 
n , e others down. Heard a number of robins. 
*hen I went home. 
eld 1 ' 1118 evenin & a rol:)i n lit in Pettey’s box 
p../, 6 *’* It: 8670 the sha rp danger call constantly. 
a Hy it flew off laughing. 
Inarch 23, 1901 - Saturday. 
^ X }• morning I got up about 6 o’clock and went 
a : '' n the fields. In Fiske's meadow there were 
number of robins and meadowlarks. The larks 
wild S "*’° W s P u tt©ring call. They were rather 
Heard a robin sing. 
So over Py the ditch. Saw and heard several 
n g sparrows and a tree sparrow. The song 
-arrows sang. Then I went into Maine’s woods. 
^ &V/ more song and tree sparrows. I could hear 
em singing in all directions. The two flocks 
quail were feeding together. Their plumage 
hs bright. 
0f v® ar<i a killdeer flying over. It was the first 
He year. Heard a bronzed grackle and a number 
nusty blackbirds. Could hear a red-wing in 
Of 
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U S marsh. The bluebirds were thick as 
* Hent over to the marsh. A sparrow hawk 
ni x 0u t °f a red oak where it had spent the 
ant l Ht in a dead tree where two others 
e * One chased the other away. 
