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This morning a meadowlark flew into the top of a tall oak here in town and commenced to sing. a sparrow came and lit a few feet below it and flew up and attacked it but the as the lark kept on singing the sparrow flew away.

This afternoon I went hunting as I was coming home I heard some bluejays calling angrily. I looked up where they were and saw what I thought

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was a large owl. flying low down and being bothered by the jays. I tried to get near enough for a shot but it saw me and as it flew out into the open giving a fair shot I saw its was a large hawk . It was flying very fast but I dropped it. its wings carrying it nearly 3 rods from were I shot it. I picked up and found that it was a Coopers hawk. The underparts