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calling and whistled to him. He answered me and came to get some suet. After he flew off I went down in the field. I heard the soft [[squiggly underline]] toisk [[/underline]] of the Prairie Horned Larks but did not see them. I traveled around for nearly half an hour but saw nothing nearer a Horned Lark than a large Hairy Woodpecker who was hunting along a fence for grubs.
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Feb. 5 Monday

This afternoon a little Downy Woodpecker came to the suet. It was a little larger than an English Sparrow. When he saw me through the window he hopped up the elm till he got to the top and then flew off.

Feb. 6 Tuesday.
This morning a White-breasted Nuthatch ate some suet. He is shaped like an English