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A Yellow-bellied Flycatcher lit on a limb for an instant and was gone. He was a gorgeous fellow about as big as a Wood Pewee. The underparts, two wing-bars and eye ring were yellow. The upperparts were olive. I did not see it again although I looked all over.
A Tennessee Warbler also lit for an instant and looked at us. It had an ashy crown, a black bill, medium tail, white underparts and an olive green back. It was was very restless and was soon gone.
Bluejays were flying

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around calling loudly and a pair of Indigo Buntings scolded from some prickly ash bushes. When we passed there the female trailed along the ground and flew as though just able to move. I hunted for a nest and found one that had been freshly occupied and therefore judged she had young near.
Art picked up a Downy Woodpecker wing feather. It was fuscuous 
with 7 white spots on the large [[web?]] and three on the short. It was tipped with white. Went over to the half moon

Transcription Notes:
fuscuous - ? wrong spelling of fuscous, meaning sombre hue