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Dark Hawk 5/2/53

May 4, 1953 - Monday
  Got Susan off to bus about 8:40 - dropped V.S.O. program to be printed, got to woods about 9:25. Glorious morning - in mid-50's. Saw and/or heard these birds: Turkey Vulture (2); Broad-Winged Hawk calling; Killdeer (3-4 at home, in gravelled street & cul-de-sac, in back yards, etc.) Dove (2-3); Swifts (many); Flicker (3-4); Downy (?) drumming; Kingbirds (4-6); Crested Flycatcher (2); Phoeb (2-3 - one on nest atop pillar of comfort station in park); Acadian (?) Flycatcher (2 - with "whit-cheee-uff" call). [[underlined]] Wood Peewee [[/underlined]] - first at Jack in Pulpit clearing; Barn Swallow (many); Jays (8-10); Crows (2-3); Chickadees (2); titmice (3-4); House Wren (2-3 - two in woods); Mockingbird (several) Catbird (4-6); Thrasher (1); Wood Thrush (8-10); Olive-Backed Thrush (10-12 - one singing in lowland near