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AuGcusT 1. Lots of partridge peas and iron weed. Goldenrod 
growing yellow. 
AuGustT 2. Canada thistle in bloom. Papilio ajaw are numerous, 
laying eggs on pawpaw. A leghorn cockerel swallowed two baby quails 
whole. 
Aucust 11. A beautiful immature albino Blue Jay is seen daily 
at Memphis, Missouri. This is the fourth such white jay in two years 
in this neighborhood. 
AuGusT 12. Sunflowers are in full bloom. 
AuGust 18. Little white night shade and snakeroot are blooming. 
AvuGusT 19. Marsh mallows add pink to the lowlands. 
Aucust 20. Another flight of Morman-flies. 
AUGUST 28. Little mint or blue curls, jimson weed, dodder, field 
bindweed, and primroses are blooming. Caspian, Least, Common, and 
Black Terns are on the river this week. There has been a small flight 
of vireos, and warblers, mostly Redstarts and Red-eyed Vireos. 
AvuGust 26. Young Great Blue Herons have’ started south in a 
large V. 
AucGustT 30. Hop flowering bindweed, cardinal flowers, and sneeze- 
wood are all heavy in flower. Semipalmated Plover, Pectoral and 
Spotted Sandpipers, Greater Yellowlegs, and Killdeer are all wading in 
the mud flats. Red-headed Woodpeckers are nervous, being ready to 
migrate. Swifts are gathering in great numbers. Young rabbits ap- 
pear in numerous nests. 
SEPTEMBER 5. Virginia day-flowers are in bloom, likewise green 
smartweed. 
SEPTEMBER 8. Thousands of Nighthawks have gathered before 
migrating. 
SEPTEMBER 9. Flowering spurge is lovely along the country roads. 
Mushrooms are plentiful. 
SEPTEMBER 10. Orange jewelweed is lovely in the shaded swamps. 
SEPTEMBER 11. I heard the whisper song of the House Wren also 
a late song of the Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 
SEPTEMBER 12. Orioles are also singing softly. 
SEPTEMBER 13. Box elder bugs are out, hunting a place to hiber- 
nate. 
SEPTEMBER 18. First cobwebs floating. Thousands of Swifts came 
in on the north wind. Nighthawks and Wood Thrushes are still here. 
SEPTEMBER 19. Many black widow spiders are being brought in. 
SEPTEMBER 20. The fall shuffle of Quail occurred today. Michael- 
mas daisies are in bloom. 
SEPTEMBER 24. Buckeye butterflies are flying. 
SEPTEMBER 380. Big migration of White-throated Sparrows. 
OCTOBER 1. Myrtle Warblers are everywhere. 
OCTOBER 2. Fields are white with thoroughwort and snakeroot. 
Kinglets came in great numbers. 
OcTOBER 3. Blazing stars fine. Tree Swallows line the telephone 
wires. Purple asters are abundant. Tree Sparrows are back. 
