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branch to branch with its tail thrown over its back while singing.

Saw half a dozen Yellow-throated Vireo's. They sang a little but stopped immediately upon my approach.

Caught a few broken notes of of the song of the White-eyed Vireo and following it up caught a short glimpse of the bird itself.

Myrtle Warblers in flying through the trees sometimes gave a note like [[underline]]swees[[/underline]].

Heard and saw several Redstarts. It was rather hard to find them by their songs.

Crossed the track and found a Red-bellied Woodpecker at work on its nest. It

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acted very anxious and followed me up for a ways.

Saw a number of White-breasted Nuthatches and hunted for their nests without success. The males sang a little.

By Patterson's I looked in a hollow post and there was a Bluebird on its nest. She looked straight up at me for a minute and then I went on without disturbing her. A pair are thinking of building in one of my bird boxes. The female gave a note like [[underline]] chut [[/underline]].

A Red-breasted Nuthatch came hunting through our back yard as I was writing. The light was in my eyes but it looked so small that I knew it and the glass showed up the colors.