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Woods near fair grounds in Baraboo 7:40 A.M.

April 16, 1092
This morning I was down in the woods near the fair grounds. The meadowlarks were very demonstrative. [[marginalia]]mating actions[[/marginalia]] One was working his mate in the peculiar Blackbird manner of chasing her. They flew very fast and turned and twisted in all directions. [[marginalia]]note[[/marginalia]]One of them probably the male gave a note like [[underlined]] whiss[[/underlined]] and the male also gave snatches of the flight song.