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Saw a Prarie Horned Lark. It flew off near the ground and gave bounds upward until it was quite high.

Went on down farther and sat down to write out my notes by a hay stack. I watched a flock of about a dozen crows about 3/4 of a mile off. They flew around and cawed and then lit in a tree. One sailed in a circle without moving his wings.

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Went on down to the river and followed it nearly through Maines woods. It is nice and sunny today. I heard a bluejay and some crows. The river was rising and the ice cracked and the water came out on top. Saw two White-breasted Nuthatches in a group of big elms. A bluejay began to scream and another answered him. He mocked