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In Voll's Woods  9:00 A.M.

Jan. 26, 1902
This morning I went down in the woods by the Plum Orchard.
[[marginalia]] weather [[/marginalia]]  There was about 6 inches of snow on the ground.  The sun shone out from between rifts in light clouds and occasional flurries of snow fell.
[[marginalia]] actions [[/marginalia]]  In Volls woods I was standing when a Brown Creeper lit on a tree about 10 feet away.  It was the closest I had ever seen one.  It kept to the leeward ward side of the trunk and hunted very slowly and carefully.  Cold weather changes the habits.  It back matched the trunk very prettily.
[[marginalia]] feeding habits [[/marginalia]]  It did not hammer but pushed its bill into the crevices of the bark, turning head around and twisting it sideways.