went up past Udell’s. Vesper were very thick, 
^hey would fly up from the sides of the road and 
J-ight in front of the horse. When one did not 
*®nt to be seen it would run through the grass with 
lts he &d down and I could hardly see it. They sat 
on the fence posts and sang. There was quite a 
i ference in the songs. Saw some quail behind a 
& il fence. They were not at all afraid. One un¬ 
concernedly walked up a rail. 
Saw a number of least flycatchers. Iied-eyed 
vireos were singing in all directions. In one 
Place I heard a single Maryland yellow-throat. 
Catbirds were quite thick. Saw several king- 
irds. One was watching for insects while on the 
around. Warbling vire os were also common. 
Beyond Terrytown there were towhees in all the 
gearing. They seemed to prefer the clearings 
er grown with berry bushes, 
heard a scarlet tanager sing. 
Field sparrows were common. They were mating 
11 ® ave n otes and acted like chipping sparrows. 
*.e stopped at Jones'.English sparrows had built 
n /T r the r00f of a straw covered shed in great 
• ers. Most of the nests contained young. Saw 
° ne killdeer. 
Mourning doves were very thick. They were mostly 
^ & ired. I saw more than 20 near a pond. There 
as a killdeer nest near the pond but I could not 
u Pd it. 
lo a ^ ird on a tree at out 10 rods off. I 
r ° " d at With the glass and saw was a white- 
Th Pe<1 shrike * 1 came closer and saw its nest. 
e tree was a poplar about a foot through 20 
So^ from the ground. It had broken and bent over 
at the t0p touched the ground. The nest was 
j tae top about a foot below it in a mass of twigs. 
Walked up one of the limbs. The male which I 
and Se8n fleW aW&y then * 1 looked under the limb 
fl a my face nearly touched the old bird. She 
and W i° ff ’ Ihe nest was Bade of ^icks and weeds 
f e ,^ lned thickly with chicken feathers. The 
bers stuck up over the edge and arched over 
