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they saw an insect and then getting it. If a moth was captured. I would see a quick dive and then the bird would draw back. The moths wings would show an instant as it was worked back in the mouthand then it would be swallowed. Although the birds sat still their tails were continually wagging and I could tell what they were in a glance because of this. They kept in hedgerows and bushy places. For instance they were very common on the river bank from the Old Pasture to Plum Orchard on the North side of the river.

In Seeleys Pasture were six or eight female Cowbirds 

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feeding around the cows. They would get within six inches of their noses as they fed and go in between their feet and stand by their hoofs without any fear whatever. They had the regular nervous Blackbird walk with jerking tails and preoccupied looks.

In Seeleys Marsh I saw a single Sora. It walked along with jerking head and tail in water that in places was nearly up to its body. When it got behind cover it ran swiftly and finally hid. It lifted its feet high and took long steps.

A single male Tree Sparrow skulked in a tangle of tag alder and brush. He was very retiring. I could hardly tell what he was.