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Volls Woods  9:05 A.M.

Jan. 19, 1902
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The White-breasted Nuthatches seem to have gone crazy this morning.  It is sunny and quite warm.  I could hear them calling in all directions but devoted my attentions to a certain pair.
[[marginalia]] song [[/marginalia]]  I noticed that they had two songs - one the [[underlined]] dry-cry-lry [[/underlined]] or [[underlined]] to whery whery whery [[/underlined]] and the other [[underlined]] er-er-er-er [[/underlined]] given very fast.  
[[marginalia]] actions [[/marginalia]] 
[[marginalia]] notes [[/marginalia]]  The male would run up and down limbs as fast as he could go with drooping wings and spread tail and then fly over to her and run around her two or three times giving notes like [[underlined]] sick-it-a enka and enk enk [[/underlined]] all the time.
[[marginalia]] a rival [[/marginalia]]  Another male attracted by his antic came over to be promptly chased away.  He tried to come back several