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another and then most always a longer flight through the woods.

Heard a song that puzzled me for awhile but soon saw that it was a Black-throated Blue Warbler. The bird saw in the top of a maple hidden by the leaves and did not move around at all. Finally I caught sight of it.

Redstarts were very common. I heard them give three songs.

This afternoon I went down in the fields. In the Old Pasture a small bird skulked through the bushes but I finally made it out a Dickcissel. When once it gained a cover it was very hard to see and finally it

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went into a brushes pile and I could not find it again.

Found several Catbird's nests. One had two eggs in it another one and others were in all stages of construction. The males sang all the time and frequently I saw a pair on the ground hunting for material.

A Yellow Warbler was building her nest along the edge of the river in a hazel-bush. It was made of wood strippings and other soft materials. She scolded sharply if any one came near. Some children called her a Wild Canary.

A male Meadowlark acted rather anxious and going over there I flushed his