abundance 
actions 
crouch down when it lit like most birds. 
It was silent. It would light on a 
limb and look all around before going 
to the next where the same process was 
repeated. It was not alarmed when Miss 
Buck opened the window. After a little 
it flew off with a steady flapping flight. 
There are a great number of them here in 
town more than in North Freedom. 
This one had to be careful where it lit 
for the limbs were covered with ice. 
Once it lit on a limb that slanted and it 
had to slide its feet farther and farther 
down to keep from slipping. 
December 9, 1901. 
Room D. High School in Baraboo 
3:15 
p.m. 
This afternoon in Latin class I had a 
little spare time and put it in watching 
5 or 6 English sparrows in an elm 10 or 
12 feet from the window. They were 
females and young males with an undevelop¬ 
ed throat patch. They flew nearly straight 
down to the road and fed awhile and then 
came back. They sat still looking around 
twitching the tail slightly one in 
awhile. One regarded me with evident in¬ 
terest. They kept their feathers well 
puffed out. That one feathers puffed out 
so far in front that it looked like an 
enormous crop. They perched on small 
limbs that they could grasp closely. They 
wiped their bills frequently. 
