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Sandpipers along the beach. They were nesting in a boggy place on the shore. Frequently they flew long distances out over the water and beyond the bays. Least Bitterns were fairly common. I shot three and found one nest. We had to wade in the water about knee deep. The Bitterns flew up and flapped away at a fairly good rate in regular Heron style. One that I shot was a female in the plumage of the male.

Long-billed Marsh Wrens were common. In some way their song reminded me of that of the Chipping Sparrow. The notes of the Red-winged Blackbirds struck me as being very peculiar. They were entirely different from those up home.

At night we [[strikethrough]] June 14, Tuesday [[/strikethrough]] went over in another bay and found a colony of Yellow-headed Blackbirds. We looked for nest but could not find any. The notes and song were very peculiar. One note sounded exactly like the [[underlined]] Kra Kra Kra [[/underlined]] of a Shrike. The song was harsh & quaint and from the broken sounds I almost thought it hard to give. It was frequently very broken. The males were very handsome. They were hard to kill.

About dark a number of Barn Swallows nearly all males came flying excitedly around and evidently roosted in the weeds.

Red-winged Blackbirds also males came in large numbers. They were never quiet and the air was always full of them. 

Saw one Black Tern circling at a distance