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very restless. One went up into a tree and sat there scratching his head by bringing his foot over his wing and looking around.

Heard a queer chitting note following it up saw a Cowbird hidden in the lower branches. It flew to another low perch when I frightened it and kept on with its notes.

May 8, Friday.

This morning I heard a strange song and following it up saw a Male Nashville Warbler. It was [[underline]]sweet a sweet a sweeta sweeta see tick-a-try[[/underline]] or [[underline]]ticky[[/underline]]. It was given rapidly and  could be heard for quite a distance.

Heard a Warbling Vireo

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singing the first of the year.

A Male Scarlit Tanager lit for an instant in the top of a tree and sang and the then went on. Nearby the song sounded harsh and loud but at a distance sounded well. Something like a Brass Band.

There are a pair of Mourning Doves around and another comes flying down to fight with the male when he sees these together. They chase each other around with whistling and loud flapping wings and note much damage to either.

After school I walked home up the Railroad track. Near Kirkwood I picked up a Killdeer which had been run over by a