May 29, 1901 - y/ed ne sday. 
This afternoon Art Eudy and I went over to the 
hemlocks. Found an ovenbirds nest with 3 eggs in 
:*• It was built under a little plant. It was 
1 ke this arched over and the eggs 
Underneath. The eggs were white spotted with 
rufous more thickly around the large end. The 
°Id one slipped off and hid in the bushes. There 
^re a few purple spots on the eggs. On our way 
ome we found a spotted sandpiper’s nest with 3 
e Sgs in it. It was built by a large flat stone and 
^as partly covered by it. The nest was flat plate 
ike mat of grass and was very scant. The female 
lew off the nest and across the river. She was 
Ver y anxious and was joined by her mate. 
In Lyon's peninsula v/e found a bluebird's nest 
ln a woodpecker hole. The female did not fly 
°lf when we looked in. 
Found a young blue jay with its brains eaten out 
y a white-rumped shrike. Then we went home. 
May 30, 1901 - Thursday, 
This morning I went down - in Fiske’s nasture. 
old meadowlark seemed very anxious and I hunted 
round until I found his young. The male makes 
1 the fuss and the female keeps quiet in the 
^adowlark family. 
One flew into a wire fence and hung for an 
Qstant. One lit in some tall grass and could not 
se and I caught it. Crown, stripe through eye, 
ail and upper parts fuscous, the feathers edged 
rth huffy, cinnamon spots on wings and back, line 
slow eye and above eye and through crown buffy, 
j^erparts yellowish, outer tail feathers white; 
J-des streaked with fuscous; a few black spots on 
but treast * did not try to get away by flying 
*• wanted to creep away and hide. It gave no 
10 te. Then I went home. 
