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English Sparrow

Crow
Junco

Chicadee

Hairy Woodpecker

Bluejay

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claws dusky.  Length 5 wing 2 1/2 tail 2 1/4 [[female symbol]] ad. stomach contents. small insects

This morning It was warm and foggy with a southwest west wind until noon when it turned to the east and grew colder.  Art Rudy and I went over to the millpond.  For some reason the birds were not out much although it seemed a good day for them.  English Sparrows were chattering loudly around all the farm houses quite as if Spring had come.  A few Crows were heard.  Near the dam a man in passing scared up a flock of six or eight Juncoes.  We went after them but did not see them.

A few chicadees were here and after much trouble I secured one.  I had much trouble to find it after it was shot.  The others were very tame as usual.  They were also affected by the Spring weather and had a number of low twittering notes.

Hairy Woodpeckers were fairly numerous in this place.  It was rough and broken and wood-cutters had been at work, thus tending to attract them.  The sound of chopping always seems to draw these birds and they find good fare in the cut ends of the wood which otherwise they could not get at.  They also were mating and flew around with fantastic actions and queer half-laughing [[underlined]] Ku Ku Ku [[/underlined]] notes.  They seemed to be collected into quite a small area.

Bluejays were fairly numerous although they generally kept just out of sight in the fog.  One troup of at least half a dozen was encountered twice the last time in some red oaks where they were feeding along the ground near fence rows.  They were very suspicious.