feeding 
habit They probed the crevices in the bark, 
"cause Perhaps the warm weather had aroused 
the mating instinct in them. The 
one that sang was the one that chased 
the others. 
December 8, 190 1. 
By the’House - 9:50 a.ra. 
This morning a chicadee came for some 
suet but it was all gone. It called 
actions all the time and flitted its wings, 
like a kinglet. It cane from over 
across the road in the maple, then the 
elm and then along the stick. After 
it could not find any it went back using 
the same route that it came by. 
December 8, 1901 . 
In Maine's V/oods - 10:00 a.m. 
This morning in Maine's woods I saw a 
great flock of evening grosbeaks. They 
were flying over about 80 feet up. 
Their wings made a loud rustling noise. 
direction One or two fought a little in the air. 
They were going southwest. They called 
loudly. They have not come around town 
yet nor were there any signs of them in 
these woods. 
December 8, 1901 . 
By ^'ullmer's & Seeley's Marsh 
10:30 a.m. 
^ dumber 
food 
j-ctions 
This morning I went dan the fields. In 
Pullmer's marsh was a flock of about 50 
American goldfinches feeding on ragweed, 
and other kinds. The report of the gun 
scared them up and with pretty tinkling 
notes they lit in a tree. 
