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curious and after looking at me for a few minutes went stringing back over the Rocks from whence they had come.

At the top of the ridge of Hackberry pasture I saw a Male Hairy Woodpecker. I came closer and saw that he was rounding out a nesting hole. He did not mind me but kept at work while I approached. At last he went up the tree picking at the bark as he went. I can open the nest in about two weeks probably.

By the little marsh a Tree Sparrow flew up from under my feet and joined her mate. They acted queer and I hunted for a nest but found nothing.

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May 4, Monday.

This morning after breakfast I went over in the river woods. It threatened rain but the sun shone occasionally. By Lieder's bridge I saw a male Yellow Warbler. It was so restless that I could not tell what it was at first. It hunted around over the water a great deal and was never still except when it sang. It gave two songs [[underline]] swee swee swee swee swis say o[[/underline]] and [[underline]] swee swee swee swee swee swee.[[/underline]] The first went along smoothly sudden speed in the last three notes and then ceased with a falling inflection.

Across the river a Wood Thrush sang a little but I could not get sight of it. It was the first of the year.