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warbler my first specimen. Almost immediately it flew a short distance dropped into the brush to disappear completely. I could not find the other one either.

There were a number of Brown Thrashers here. Frequently when I approached them would hop swiftly along to the next brushpile and then stand in plain sight. The speed they made surprised me. They sang a little in a low tone from near the ground and called occasionally.

A Bluejay flew out and dropped slowly down with down curved wings to the top of a tree calling pat pat in a loud tone.

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In the Crow Woods were several Male Chestnut-sided Warblers. They sang sometimes loudly and sometimes in a low tone. They kept low down in the brambles and bushes. One came up into a tree and sat there singing and preening his feathers for sometime.

An Ovenbird flew down towards me and lit under a brushpile where it walked around feeding with wagging tail. It was the first one of the year.

White-throated Sparrows were very abundant and very tamer than usual too. They fed in among the dried leaves on the ground and flew up into the bushes as I passed.

Chewinks also were common. They were singing. I wrote