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a bird screaming as if a small bird was being hurt.  I had seen some white throated sparrows near by and immediately thought of shrikes.  I went out cautiously and saw it fly away but it was so dark I could not see.  I went on and then heard the noise again and on moving back saw it was a bluejay.  went I got to town I heard an owl singing to himself [[?]]

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in long trembling Hoo-oo-oo note.
Oct. 29, Sunday
Went down to the ditch this morning.  Saw some gold-finches calling to each other with plaintive [[underlined]] clearie clearie wheet wheet [[/underlined]].  They had on thier winter suits.  Heard the Prairie Horned Lark giving his creaking song of [[underlined]] kip kip kip kip le kip le kip le kip [[/underlined]].  Heard a junco give a note like the the kissing note of the thrasher.

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I couldn't make much out from the bottom line of page 74.