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Hill West of Crouch's Quarry In Baraboo  4:35 P.M.

Feb. 17, 1902
Tonight after school I went over to the hill above the water works dam. 
[[marginalia]] weather [[/marginalia]]  It was warm and sunny.
[[marginalia]] actions [[/marginalia]]  On a side hill facing south and covered with long grass and clover a small bird suddenly flew out from under my feet.  It hid in some wild rose bushes before I saw what it was.  It would let me get within 6 feet of it and then slip off through the grass.
[[marginalia]] note [[/marginalia]]  It kept up a note like [[underlined]] tsip [[/underlined]] and was answered from the grass around me.  Finally it flew away.
[[marginalia]] roosting place [[/marginalia]]  Scared up some more from little hollows not too closely surrounded by grass.  They sat very close.  I scared up 4 and then quit.  The grass was probably full of them.  They were early for the sun was an hour high.  But the hillside was in shadow.