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a knoll.  I crept up on my knees.  Some were Horned Larks and some American Pipits.  The first I had ever seen.  They were silent while on the ground and jerked their tails up and down while walking.  They did not seem to heed me.  They were noticeably different from the Horned Larks.  The Larks were singing.  I turned my head quickly and they flew.  Ed Dummer called the Horned Larks Meadowlarks.  The Pipits had different notes from the Larks.

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I could distinguish the Larks on the wing by the black tail and larger size.
There were a number of Vesper Sparrows feeding on Ragweed along the fence.  Saw one Junco.  It lit in a tree about 6 feet away while I was talking with Ed.  Then I went home.
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October 5, Friday.
This evening the moon was shining heard a Killdeer calling down below.  It gave the Killdeer note.
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