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Black and White Warblers were common. They called [[underline]]swit[[/underline]]and sang a fine [[underline]]wee see wee see wee see wee see wees[[/underline]] sometimes leaving off the last note. Generally they crept along but when they wished to capture an insect quickly. They fluttered their wings to help them along. They did not get down to feed on the ground at all as the other Warblers did. They would probably find enough insects in the crevices of the bark. 

The Yellow-bellied Woodpecker were common. Saw one picking holes in the smaller branches of a poplar and another at work near the roofs of a Basswood. I guess it is hard to get sap [[out?]]. In town they feed on the Norway spruces.

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Black-throated Green Warblers were common. Near the Half Moon I watched one for some. It was creeping and fluttering up the trunks of the trees and making short flights out for insects. It seemed to make as good headway at it as the Black and White Warblers. It came so close that there was no need of the glass.

Then I saw a bird which I identified as a female Parula Warbler. It was quite slow and methodical in its movements. Then I heard a new song and following it up found a male Parula and later on half a dozen others which I watched for some time. They gave low call notes like [[underline]] tsee[[/underline]] and [[underline]]tsik[[/underline]] when together but when separated were silent. The song was considerably