March 24, 1901 - Sunday. 
This morning it was dark. It had been raining. 
I went down in the fields. The river was very 
igh. Heard a killdeer. There was quite a 
lock of blue jays across the river. Two crows 
■^t below Hacketts in a tree quite near the 
°use. Went over where the prairie horned larks 
® re below Hacketts. The males chased each 
other all the time. 
Pound 3 of their roosting places that had 
®en used for some time. One bird used each. They 
re about 3 feet apart. They were just places, 
ere were no hollows. Went over in Seeley's marsh, 
ihen i went home. 
After breakfast I went over in T. Hackett’s woods, 
tw the east side of the woods 1 saw nothing but * 
bro *vn creepers. In the west side were a 
_ ber of birds. A v/inter wren met me with a sharp 
r—iHJB not harsh and then disappeared. There were 
number of juncoes and bluebirds here. 
A nuthatch got a cocoon and hammered it into 
th! CeS ‘ 115 dr0 PP ed but caught it before it reached 
o ground. Heard a red-bellied woodpecker. Went 
Qy r _across the railroad track. Saw about 200 
grosbeaks in scattering flocks. The males 
0 ed each other like streaks of lightning. 
in s - aSi ° na ' ! ' ly tw0 lmd a where they were feed- 
rnv° n ground. There were a great number of 
We r lnS with bhern. They sang. The grosbeaks 
j ® ratber °f being seen on the ground. Went 
h ° bbe eastern part of the woods where I had 
bir ' 1 " been before. Saw a flock of about 40 blue- 
r ds. a red-bellied woodpecker was excavating 
e sb. Then I went home. 
afternoon I went over across the river. 
fo--, VVater v/as 3 feet higher than yesterday. It was 
i fcgy and threatened to rain. 
Sa w “ 0ne sparrows W ere very thick. It began to rain, 
all ° ne of the s P a rrow hawks sitting near its nest 
Of t bumped Up * 11 L?ave low notes as if complaining 
e wet. Heard a killdeer. In Lyon’s woods I saw 
