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and spotted with rufous. The other nests contained 5 eggs each. One was set in the side of a tussock of grass and the other under a stick in a thick clump of Tag alders. None of the owners were much alarmed. They slipped off the nests and [[underlined]]ran[[/underlined]] along the ground like mice for a few feet and then flew away.
Then I went home.
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May 9, Thursday.
This evening after school I found a Phoebe's nest under the eaves of Dockhams
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barn. It contained 3 eggs. Heard the Wren singing and looked for its nest but did not find it.
Went down by Seeley's.
Heard a number of Indigo Buntings singing Saw the Green Heron in the marsh. It squatted down to hide. After a while It flew up and circled around several times and then flew west. It flew with indrawn neck and extended feet.
Saw a Sora in the marsh as it went across an open place.
Then I went home.
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