two red-bellied woodpeckers. Heard a hairy wood¬ 
pecker give a whick-ah note. It was louder than 
a flickers. 
There was a flock of about 100 juncoes and 20 
Tb lle ^ irCiS ° n the slope to the lower peninsula. 
- juncoes sang all the time. 
The juncoes fought quite a little among them- 
ives. They were mostly males. It was interest- 
r? to note the difference in tone. They sang 
/ai le looking for food. It was hard to find one- 
^ looked as though it was singing. It began 
0 rain and I took shelter at Kapelke’s. 
® ne my way home I heard a fox sparrow sing, 
hen i went home. 
March 25, IS)01 - Monday . 
This morning when I got up it ~was raining, a 
° ck of 10 bronzed grackles lit in Mrs. Russel’s 
tc f es * Soon a11 lef t but one. He seemed to have 
aJcen posses si on. 
After breakfast I went down in the fields. The 
? tn Was very 1 coul h just manage to get in- 
woods. There was a dry strip about a 
of +• VVlde leading to them. There was a large flock 
The tree Sparrows here J ust arrived from the south. 
a y San £ and - fought among themselves. There were 
number of song sparrows also. 
Past 6 me&dovvlark3 were thick, especially in Fiske’s 
a hr'> re ’ ln his meadow 1 saw the first white-rumped 
It lk:e °f the ye&r ‘ It was very tame and fearless. 
a bd S >r vvitil its tail well elevated and its head ud 
W or a very alert expression. It ate an angle-' 
m. Then I went to school. 
March 26, 1901 - Tuesday, 
the fJ S 11101,11 ing before breakfast I went down in 
» eldS * robins had come in the night. 
i< Dianv 6 S Ir ' eadow was full of them in company with 
ee tti mead0Wlarks * 1 1141(1 raore trouble than ever in 
ti 0i> ^ i n to the woods. The tree sparrows were 
See? ni f nerous than before. Went home by way of 
Qy ' 3 marsh * There were a few red-wings'here, 
ny m °re tree sparrows. 
