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By 1st Field above Kapike's  9:50 A.M.

Feb. 1, 1902
[[marginalia]] number [[/marginalia]]  Above Fred Kapikes by the first cleared field Art Rudy and I saw a flock of (a number of) about 12 Pine Siskins feeding.
[[marginalia]] mistake [[/marginalia]]  For some time I have been taking Pine Siskins for Redpolls.  The notes are given in books as belonging to Redpolls.
[[marginalia]] food [[/marginalia]]  These were feeding on birch buds and seeds.
[[marginalia]] actions [[/marginalia]]  One seemed  possess the power to scare the others it would fly off to one side and then suddenly dash among them and they would fly a short distance.  They would be quietly feeding and suddenly take fright at some but in an instant were feeding again.
[[marginalia]] notes [[/marginalia]]  The notes were [[underlined]] chat chet chererett [[/underlined]] and [[underlined]] chea. [[/underlined]]
[[marginalia]] song [[/marginalia]]  They gave a song like [[underlined]] spz-z-z-st. [[/underlined]]