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Vireos hunted along the ground. A party of white breasted Nuthatches came along and I witnessed thier fighting. A male suddenly spread his tail and raised it above his back and gave notes like the sound made by rubbing rubber on the teeth. They hopped around in that way for a while and then went to feeding. I think that they were fighting for the same reason that young roosters do-to see which is biggest. They 
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fought a little, maybe they were fighting for mates. There was a female near. Heard a chipping Sparrow sing in the edge of the woods. A Nuthatch caught a large moth and a Least Flycatcher tried it snap it away but did not succeed. The Nuthatch jammed it into a crevice in the bark and then ate it. Crossed the railroad track and went to the halfmoon. Saw a Red-head fly over with something

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