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heard a sudden burst of tinkling music and looking up saw a flock of about 12 Rusty Blackbird.  Hearing more of them towards Fiske's pasture I went over there. The song though low was quite penetrating them and I looked for them to be quite near me but they were in the farthest oak on his land. The song was an outburst of tinkling notes intermingled with squeeks like a Rusty pump. Thier were about 5 of them
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in the tree and they were never silent. Then I went home.
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Sauk Co. farm.
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October 19, Friday.
This morning I went up to the County farm on the train. In the afternoon Art Hall and I went down to a fish pond on the place. Saw a single Wilson's Snipe on the Narrows Creek. It lit again and the dog ran after it. He ran by it and turned to look for it. It then rose