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tree get too crowded a large flock will fly high in the air and then split up each division going to a different roosting place. I wonder where they all come from detachments keep coming in all the evening. till dark. When morning comes they have another free-for-all fight and then separate. each flock going to some feeding place generally in town. 

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Oct. 31, Tuesday. 

This morning a sparrow flew down from the church sheds and lit on a post. It grasped a knot and braced with its tail looking like a Brown Creeper. Then it joined it companions eating ragweed seeds apparently well-satisfied with itself. They greeted it with a shrill [[underline]]chirp[[/underline]]. They were a lot on the ground. They were eating scraps also.

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