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trees quite thickly.  The birds seemed to keep to the tree tops.  They were a number of Hairy woodpeckers around.  They were mating.  They rattled and screamed at one another and then flew to other trees.  Then I went home.
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November 19, Monday.
It rained all day yesterday and froze on the tree and ground until about 1/2 inch had formed.  Saw a flock of Evening Grosbeaks flying

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around.  Down by the depot I saw a Robin.  It flew up from some berries by Howells house and flew south with a few whispered notes.  While it was still dark I found a Junco roosting on the tip of a branch of a Norway Spruce in front of Mrs. Petteys house.  It was on the east side where the ice was the worst.
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November 24, Saturday
Went skating on the Half Moon this morning.  It was