flew up with a whistled note before 1 saw them, 
followed the river to below where H. Hackett tised 
0 Uve but did not see them again. 
This evening after supper a kingfisher flew 
v Qr silently. They are not noisy yet. 
While going up town a flock of 7 sandhill cranes 
, o iew north over the town. There were 5 in one 
v ^ nch a nd 2 more a little to one side. Their flight 
s slow and flapping. They were a long ways up. 
e y fought on the wing. 
April 9, 1901 - Tuesday . 
^ -^his afternoon after school I went down in the 
a e . s * In Fiske's meadow by the ditch I scared up 
^ulson's sn ip e# flew and lit over farther. I 
i}i ased it up several times and finally it lit over 
At ^? hert y s near Maine’s woods by a pool of water. 
st it flew up when I was almost about to 
° n afterward it flew up with a harsh 
^ G when 50 or 60 feet away. I crawled along in 
Ca dd tch until I was 4 or 5 feet away and 
utiousiy raised my head. I looked and listened 
°ut ^ ° r ^ minutes. Then I stood up and it ran 
f e ° f a hollow splashed in the water with its 
und flew across. It squatted down in a 
it h 6 P° c l ce t and disappeared as quickly as though 
. ad been covered up. Then it went across the 
f iv er . 
•’lati cou l d hear vesper sparrows singing their 
ins in great number, 
neard a mourning dove coo. 
^ a w a number of flickers in the fields feeding. 
Ihen I went home. 
jp April 10, 1901 - Wednesda y. 
1S mornin S before breakfast I went down in the 
as • ' was warm and nice. Saw a single cowbird 
j flew over giving its glassy note, 
a a fall elm on the west side of I.iaine's woods 
t^ lcker WaS drummin £* If gave a number of rapid 
fW. thou ff h fhey were not loud. Others answered 
m across the river. 
