November 12, 190 ]., 
Birch and 2nd Ave., in Baraboo 8:10 a. I*. 
(This morning 1 I saw an American crossbill. 
It flew out of a Norway Spruce and lit in 
the top of an elm for an instant and then 
flew on. It gave a note like kimp kimp. 
It is the first I have seen this year?" 
November 16, 1901. 
H. Smith’s 8:30 A. M. 
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°Pinion 
This morning a white-breasted nuthatch let 
get to within 4 feet of Mm as he pounded 
a sunflower seed into a crevice in the 
bark of a small maple. It was quite frosty. 
In cold frosty weather birds seem to be 
tamer, herhaps they are slow to abandon 
the food they have because it is harder to 
find now. I was so close that I see the 
tiny feathers on its neck fluff out. It 
looked at me and they while facing down 
turned its head out making it look like a 
knot with a twig on it. Its bill beim? 
the twig like this. , 
.Rawing 
November 14, 1901. 
Half Moon 9:00 A. 
.this morning I went skating over on the 
Half Hoon. Two large pintail ducks were fly¬ 
ing around it looking for a place to light. 
I am sure they pintails as they were large* 
and had an extremely long tail and they are 
found more numerously than any other kind 
now. -hey circled around the pond twice 
while I watched them and then lit over on 
the river. in half an hour they were back 
