After dark I scared up the green heron from 
that little slovgh. It was roosting under a high 
^&nk. it flew out with a frightened qua qua qua 
■Sj ^yk quaw k. The wk was shrill. 
Heard an owl hoot over at the hemlocks. It 
said hoa hop hoo hoo oo. I did not know what it 
was. 
Then I went home. 
April 27, 1S01 - Saturday . 
This morning before breakfast I heard a spotted 
sandpiper. The first of the year. 
After breakfast Art Rudy and I went down the 
rack fishing. In Voeck’s marsh I heard a brown 
brasher sing. There were a pair of spotted 
sandpipers around a pool of water. They were quite 
ame. They would wade out in get some insect and 
fihen run back to shore. 
Went clear down to the flume. In Rock Cut I 
saw a robins nest under a ledge of rock. 
1 At the flume I saw a catbird drink. It drank 
a chicken. Several cliff swallows flew over 
giving the creaking note. 
There were a number of bank swallows here. They 
sat in the trees while resting. Saw a number of 
"tyrtle warblers. They were mostly males. 
Heard a white—crowned sparrow sing. 
Song,fie Id.vesper and chipping sparrows were 
tt&ing in all directions. Here a large number of 
waning grosbeaks across the river in Watsons woods. 
" e we nt up in the woods under some rocks. Saw 
yellow-bellied woodpecker building its nest. The 
^ a le was cutting out the inside. The entrance hole 
as so small that he had to make several efforts to 
^ et in. I could just see the tip of his tail. He 
°Uld push a few pieces out of the hole and then 
u y off with one. 
Then we v/ent home. 
