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he went to a stump once the oak limb he light on nearby broke with him and he hung back down when he flew away.  that time a little [[strikethrough]] [[white throated sparrow]] [[/strikethrough]] junco chased him.  I went to the stump and found one of the acorn.  Then I heard a robin sing a little and saw several Juncos have gathered into flocks and I hearing their [[?]] [[whilsted?]] [[underlined]] too-doo [[/underlined]].  I followed it and got sight of him.  The Red-Head always

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seemed to go to the same tree.  He seemed to be rather suspicious of me.  He could go down a tree backwards easily.  lifting his tail hopping down and falling back on it.  He kept up his [[treelead?]] like note all the while.  The stub he liked best was very tall and he would put a nut there and hammer it done with his shiny white bill very hard.  all the nuts I crammed were perfectly round.  once he brought one to the stub and dropped it