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of the hill low down. I followed. looked around for about half an hour. 
Then I crossed a wire fence resolving to go farther back paused to watch a Nuthatch and a Chicadee. 
Suddenly the Chicadee flew towards me. The Hawk had come up from the ground and lit on a fence post about 30 feet away. I stood quiet looking at it through my glass. It saw me after a little and flew up and circled over me. It was a very 
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light graceful flyer. ^[[Coopers Hawk is written sideways on the right margin.]]It may have been a young Coopers Hawk. It flew along the ridge of the hill and I followed. I did not see again. Then went home.
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December 16 Sunday
This morning when I went up after the meal there were 6 Evening Grosbeaks in a tree by the Stienbrinks. They were feeding on box elder seeds. They were not wild. Came home and went up on the hill. It was not cold. There was about 4 inches of snow on
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