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Prairie Horned Lark

Downy Woodpecker

Bobwhite

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[[strikethrough]] 74 [[/strikethrough]] Cyanocitta cristata. A. Wetmore. Old Pasture.  North Freedom Wis., iris brown. bill black, tarsus & claws black. Length 11 1/2 wing 5 1/2 tail 5 1/8. [[male symbol]] ad. stomach contents pieces of acorn and sand. (destroyed by fire)

This morning the sun was shining but during the forenoon it did not thaw much.  Went down in Alder Swamp over to the Hemlocks and then home along the River.

A Number of Prairie Horned Larks were seen.  Saw only one fly from the ground.  The rest were flying over calling and singing as they always do in the spring.  It gave a different aspect to hear them call and feel the warm rays of the sun to the winter landscape; a note of spring in winter.  Birds seem much more common since they have come.  They are seen everywhere and now one can hardly take a walk without seeing them.

Downy Woodpeckers seem to be a minus quantity this winter.  I think that the severe and protracted cold has driven them south for the first time since I knew them.  This has been the worst winter for twenty years.

In Alder Swamp were an immense amount of Bobwhite tracks in the fresh snow.  They ran everywhere back and forth but always near each other.  I finally scared up the covey [[strikethrough]] on the wa [[/strikethrough]] when I had given up looking for them.  There were about twelve of them.  They all scattered out and lit the red oaks.  One lit for a minute only a few feet away but left after a minute.  On the way home I sat on a stone below Suleys to rest.  Saw some Quail