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July 4, 1937. Cont'd Went swimming in PM & it was really lovely. To Andersons for tea in PM. A [[strikethrough]] July 5, [[/strikethrough]] cottage across the lake burned in the night last night. We watched from our front porch. July 5, 1937 Clara June & I got up early & made a trip to the mainland looking for birds. We were lucky enough to stumble on to an old clearing grown up to small aspens & birch. Saw a family of Magnolia warblers & one of [[Bluets & ?]]. We also found a Loons nest built on a tiny island. It had two eggs on it: Saw following birds 1. Herring Gull 1 2. Loon 2 3. Olive backed thrush 2 4. Downy Woodpecker 1 5. Black throated Blue Warbler 3 6. Magnolia Warbler 4 7. Black [[strikethrough]] throated [[\strikethrough]] [[?]] [[?]] 4 8. Redstart 1 9. White throated Sparrow (1) Skinned eight birds. Went fishing & helped Clara & the kids catch 29 yellow perch. It kept me busy baiting hooks. Came home went swimming - ate supper, filled the ice box & cleaned fish. July 6, 1937. Clara & I up at 6:00 AM & rowed to the mainland via the Loons nest. No change but Clara delighted to see it.