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Was rare! chimney swifts were common. Robins 
were nesting in abundance. One had a nest in a 
kittle maple in the yard. 
After breakfast Edmund Dibble came and we 
went over towards liar shall Avenue. I showed 
kim a. male yellow-throated vireo which was a new 
species to him. 
In a small marsh was a single pair of red- 
v, inged blackbirds. They had a nest. Saw a few 
Mourning dove and red-headed woodpeckers, fiose- 
r easted grosbeaks were tolerably common. 
On a little hill a couple of rods from a house 
® showed me a quail’s nest with 15 eggs in it. 
The old let us approach.to within 10 feet before 
she left -fciie nest. Then Edmund went away and I 
^filked down to the Mississippi. Saw a pair of 
ingbirds carrying material to a nest in a little 
im * Saw 2 western meadowlarks. The song was 
530 entirely different that I did not know what it 
Was. 
Saw some wood thrushes,by the river I saw a 
^ re sted flycatcher on a dead limb. The woods was 
’ heavily timbered bottom like those at home. 
e hstarts and least flycatchers were common. 
^ The river v/as about l/3 or l/2 mile broad. It 
a very swift current. There was a small 
t s land in it here. There was shallow v/ater on 
s side but I could not go over because of the 
thi _ 
^hrrent. Bank swallows were common. They were 
s around over the river. Saw some spotted 
a hdpip ers . Song sparrows were thick. 
Then I went home. 
June 14, 1^01 - Friday. 
Edmund and I rode over to Eort Snelling on our 
^®els this morning. Saw a great number of house 
j f ns In full song. Mourning doves were abundant 
bo * ort Snel Hng a great many bank swallows, 
iph , P e wees and redstarts were fairly represented. 
• 0& nk swallows were nesting in the soft sand- 
the* 16 cliffs the hundreds. One could watch 
J 1 so far below that they could hardly be heard 
Ve/ 3 ' T‘ In ““ ° U * ° f Wh8t loolted UJ» Pin- 
.hen we went home. 
