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the fence. He saw me and gave a low [[underlined]] [[chweep?]] [[/underlined]] and flew off. Soon another a male like the first came and began to sign his song sounded like [[underlined]] [[chu-chu-sweep-tur-tur-tweep?]][[/underlined]] and so on. A female was with him. He kept turning from side to side while singing as if keeping watch. 
I then got down and while I was getting the straw

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off me 5 lit on the fence and one was only 6 feet off. When I went to the house a pair were perched in the big maple The male began to sing and spread his tail and turned his back to his mate and gave a low note like [[underlined]] cuh - cuh [[/underlined]]. It could be heard at ten feet distant faintly the alarm note is [[underlined]] chur chur [[/underlined]] [[chorus?]]