^ April 6, 1901 - Saturday. 
Ihis morning a mourning dove flew over me as 
1 was at work. 
Saw a Coopers hawk circling around above 
Hgerer's woods. 
Heard a field sparrow sing several times.bv 
she depot. J 
n . April 7, 1901 - Sunday. 
-‘■'his morning after breakfast I went over across 
® Railroad tracks on Horthrups. Heard a vesper 
e-rn^+> Cn/ S '*' n ^* juncoes, song sparrows and 
goldfinches were singing with all their might. 
j*w a phoehe give a flight song. It hovered in 
-A® alr and said pewee very fast and then gave a 
_ueer note. Went over across the bridge. 
l'here were a great number of yellow-bellied 
apsuckers here. I could hear them drumming and 
i n all directions, They were mating 
J'eady and were very noisy. The woods were 
lied, with evening grosbeaks. There were over 
all +5 th ? m * ri ' he y were screaming and fighting 
c *■ tile time. A few were singing but I could 
8 - ch only occasional notes in the general racket, 
-ent over towards the Tanrarack swamp. The 
he , C ° es ) son £» tree and fox sparrows were thick 
re * Heard a male fox sparrow singing in a 
° w tone like a catbird. He v/as not all wild. 
Heard two mourning doves cooing. In coming 
i of the 0ther side of the swamp I heard a meadow -1 
■k.across the river. It surprised me at first. 
J-hen I went home. 
April 8 , 1901 - Monday . 
b r T v is mo *' n * n £ 1 went down in the fields before 
turn 5 aSt '. In ° ne of Fiske ' s trees that white- 
s ^ rlke was singing. It seemed to have two 
• Une l3Vfi tha mo "• n * a catbird and the 
aiivc* T ° 04 u.oa 1 u.ng 01 a pump 
® d v/ ith loud kras. 
n the river thiTi~ were a.pair of 
°n the 
a pump handle inter- 
wood ducks. 
