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August 12, Sunday.
This afternoon I went down to the ravines saw a Wood Pewee.
It sang. It caught insects on the wing with a snap. Did not see the Red headed woodpecker. Found the wings of 
a Viceroy butterfly that
had been eaten by
some bird. Went on to the woods.
A male Bobwhite flew up and lit on the fence about twenty feet away. He walked along the fence peeping and peering and giving

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notes like [[underline]] too-too too-r-r-rt [[underline]] in a low tone. Then he crouched and after a minute of indecision flew up in a basswood. There he walked along the limbs and finally settled down in the sun and plumed himself.
Then a bird as large as a Bluebird with a yellow body and black wings came into sight for an instant and then ^[[female Tanager]] disappeared.
Saw a male Redstart. The Wood Pewee was feeding one of its 

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