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Half Moon  9:00 A.M.

Nov. 16, 1901
This morning I went skating over on the Half Moon. Two large Pintail ducks were flying around it looking for a place to light. I am sure they pintails as they [[marginalia]] description [[/marginalia]] were large and had an extremely long tail and they are found more numerously than any other kind now.  They circled around the pond twice while I watched [[marginalia]] actions [[/marginalia]] them and then lit over on the river. In half an hour they were back circling around again. They were about 20 feet up [[marginalia]] flight [[/marginalia]]  and did not seem to fear us at all. They flew swiftly but silently with heads stretched out in front and fanned the air with sharp vigorous strokes.