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hammock until I got quite close and then fly. Saw a Vesper Sparrow in the woods.

They were numbers of Woodpeckers, Nuthatches and Chicadees in the trees. Scared up those Quail from the plowed ground. They flew down into the woods by the river. The old ones went across and left the young ones. I approached the fence cautiously and saw 3 or 4 just below me. The old one began to call and they answered. They would answer for a while and then rise 

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one at a time and go over to her.
Saw that Red Bellied Woodpecker in the farther side of the woods. It flew up from the ground and hopped around the trees scolding at me. It kept well among the upper branches of the large trees. It looked in a freshly made hole and then flew over across the river. The hole was its roosting place I think. It was in a tall tree about 40 feet up. It was chiselled out a dead limb about 2 feet long that stuck out of