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Another one chased a Red-wing out of one of the pasture oaks and followed it for aways went it turned to go back the Red-wing followed and lit in the tree again without molestation.

In the Pininsula Woods Redstarts were very abundant. They flashed through the trees with spread tail and drooping wings singing constantly.

Yellow-throated Vireos were also very thick. Their songs formed a volume of sound in which others came in as secondary. These last two species formed the bulk of the birds seen here.

Little parties of a dozen goldfinches were feeding here and there on the ground at my approach.

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They all flew up into the trees. Frequently it seemed as if a patch of yellow Dandelions had taken wing so inconspicuous were the birds among the flowers.

Frequently now I see a female Cowbird on the ground hunting most likely for nests were scared up they fly a few feet and then skulk along through the grass. The males are seen flying around or sitting in the tops of the trees generally along the more open places. They call and sing nearly all the time. They are often seen in pursuit of the females sometimes two males after a single female. They twist and turn in all directions in regular Bobolink fashion.

At the Hemlocks I saw a pair of Crested Flycatchers. They