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across the river.
A Wood Pewee began his vesper song and did not pause for some time.
Went on up through the fields. In Hackett's cornfield saw a brood of young Vesper Sparrows. The old one gave an alarm note like [[underlined]] spit tuck [[/underlined]]
Then I went home.
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June 14, Thursday
This afternoon a brood of White-breasted Nuthatches were in our yard. The young sat still and let the old ones feed them. They
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lacked the black on the neck. Saw one fed an measuring worm. The bills were shorter than those of the old ones.
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Saw the remainder of that flock of Bluejays up by Randall's tonight. There were 4 of them.
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June 15, Friday.
This morning after breakfast I went over in to Hackett's woods. I found no nests.
Redstarts, Least flycatchers, Juncos and other small birds were there in abundance.