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[[preprinted]] 58 [[/preprinted]] White-throated Sparrow Catbird Least Flycatcher Nighthawk Palm Warbler [[end page]] [[start page]] [[preprinted]] 59 [[/preprinted]] White-throated Sparrows here and Catbirds were numerous. In the farther end were a couple of Least Flycatchers in the tree. They gave notes like [[underlined]] whit whit [[/underlined]] and I thought they might be Acadians and shot one. They were very sprightly. Heard a NightHawk somewhere but failed to locate it. By the slough a Palm Warbler flew up into a tree and sat there wagging it tail until I shot it. In Seeley's Marsh were a number of Long & Short-billed Marsh Wrens. They would fly a few feet and then disappear in the long grass occasionally give a sharp note. They almost let me walk on them before they flew. I tried to drive one out to shoot it but was unable to flush it although I saw exactly where it lit and walked all around. There were two Soras in the end nearest the river. I secured one. They flew up with a slow flight and hanging feet. It seems almost impossible that they should migrate for long distances]. May 7. This morning it rained until about 10 oclock and when it stopped I went over in the River Woods. By the Ponds along the track I scared up a Green Heron but used too light a load and did not get it. It flew up and lit in the trees but a handcar kept scaring it along farther and farther until I lost it. Warblers were rather thick. They kept high up in the trees generally. They sang quite a little. Redstarts were the most numerous and Ceruleans were fairly common. Heard two Golden-winged Warblers. They were very restless as I noted last spring. I saw a Chipping Sparrow hopping along a log and shot it thinking it was some kind of a Ground Warbler.