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By Hacketts swimming hole 8:10 A.M.

Apr. 6, 1902.
This morning it was warm and sunny.  After breakfast I went down By the big swimming hole.  Red-winged Blackbirds were very thick. 
[[marginalia]] sex [[/marginalia]] I saw no females.  
[[marginalia]] flight [[/marginalia]] They flew out from Seeley's Marsh to the trees along the the river with a curious flitting flight.  There they would bend forward spread the tail, open the wings to show the epaulets.  
[[marginalia]] singing [[/marginalia]] Puff out the feathers and sing [[underline]] kiver kive we lee [[/underline]].  Sometimes the tail was braced against the limb.

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