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R.R. Yards dn Baraboo  3:50 P.M.

Dec. 10, 1901
Tonight I was down in the railroad yards.
[[marginalia]] tameness [[/marginalia]]  English Sparrows were very thick and very tame.  They would let me pass within 4 feet of them and never dodge when I motioned at them.
[[marginalia]] feeding habits [[/marginalia]]  They flew into empty box cars to feed and seemed to fly under the tracks of the cars without fear.
[[marginalia]] food [[/marginalia]]  They found plenty of wheat and corn to eat.  When one found a kernel of corn it would nibble small pieces off with it bill and swallow them.  When it first found it, it would fly to a short distance from the others so that they could not steal it.  Sometimes another would come and snatch it away.