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Dove Coo.
Saw a number of Flicker in the fields feeding.
Then I went home.
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April 10, Wednesday.
This morning before breakfast I went town in the fields. It was warm and nice. Saw a single Cowbird as it flew over giving its glassy note.
In a tall elm on the west side of Maine's woods a Flicker was drumming. It gave a number of rapid taps though they were
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not loud. Others answered from across the river. Also heard a Yellow-bellied Woodpecker. Heard several Field Sparrows on the hill. Two or three times I observed the Meadowlark's flight song. A female would rise up and fly a short distance when a male would follow her. When they had mounted to a considerable distance the male would sing. He gave a sputtering, squeaking but musical notes interspersed with calls and ending with