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Redpoll.

Prairie Horned Lark

Hairy Woodpecker
Crow

Hairy Woodpecker
Crow

Prairie Horned Lark

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long hind [[strikethrough]] toe [[/strikethrough]] claw. As long or nearly so as the toe. It was nearly straight and was nearly triangular. A Redpoll came flying over and I dropped it with the right barrel.  It was a fine rosy-tinted male.  Later we saw two others but missed them. both of us.  Then we went over in back of the Iriquois mines hoping to find an Owl in Carpenters pines.  On the way we heard one or two more Horned Larks (praticola), but did not see them.  The strong wind made it hard to locate sounds.  In the grove we found where something had eaten a Hairy Woodpecker.  Coming back we saw a crow sitting on a dead tree but as we were in an open field had no hopes of getting a shot.  Then one flew over a rise and I shot but missed.

Went down through Bill Dickie's marsh and saw a Hairy Woodpecker eating corn in a field.  It was quite noisy.  Near Donagheys two crows were flying high up with what seemed like something of mating actions.  They flew along with just enough speed to keep even with the wind and passed and repassed by each other keeping closely together one making special efforts to keep near the other.

Here we heard some more Prairie Horned Larks and after quite a search found a flock of about a dozen.  We only saw four or five until they flew.  They seemed hard to kill but finally I got one and Art got another.  All were males.  They kept altogether on the bare ground.  The larks were fine specimens.