its shoulders. It appeared rather lazy and 
probably had been feeding on that calf. 
Two male white-breastsd nuthatches were 
running up and down the tripod over the calf. 
They spread their tails and talked fight if they 
Sot to close to each other. They were getting 
s uet and hiding it in the trees for winter 
Probably. 
Across the river from Kapelke’s we picked 
hp an old orioles nest. It was so strongly 
woven that we could hardly tear it apart. The 
twigs that it was fastened to were still in it 
and were strongly held. It was composed of 
tough weather-beaten fibers from weeds a year 
°ld, horse hair, cow hair, and sheep’s wool. 
It was mostly made of fibers. I think the 
reason that it fell was because the twigs broke. 
It could hardly have been torn from its fastenings. 
October 27, 1901 - Sunday. 
This morning it was sharp and frosty. About 
seven o’clock along the river were great flocks 
°f tree sparrows. They were tame and allowed me 
to approach closely. A few juncoes that were 
with them v/ere more timorous and gave the kissing 
n ote incessantly. They sang a little and fed on 
the ground. when two approached too near each 
other a chase through the bushes was the result. 
The cold did not seem to affect them in the least. 
They seemed to feel that I was not part of the 
landscape and kept working farther and farther 
away until all were gone except two juncoes who 
hept up a vigourous chipping while I was in 
8 %ht. The tree sparrows kept up their notes 
a ll the time. A little later one of them sang in 
response to the call of a goldfinch. 
Saw a number of rusty blackbirds flying around. 
They called vigorously and were spread out over 
a considerable distance. One in the distance 
^fpt up a song in answer to the others. It was 
'_ 1 he chip le kur ku ler given in much the same 
one as the redwing’s song. In a flock that I 
W later were three or four redwings. 
