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Robin (con.)  

Grey-cheeked Thrush

Winter Wren
Water Thrush
Ovenbird

Baybreasted Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated green Warbler

Song Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow

Savanna Sparrow

500 Ammodramus nelsoni

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This was my first fall bird. It was very light colored and was finely marked.
A Thrush flew up in a tree and then flew to another perch. I shot it and it was a Grey-cheeked my first specimen. The juice from grapes it had been eating ran out and spoiled the skin.
In the Tamarack Swamp were some Winter Wrens and Water-Thrushes.
I shot two Ovenbirds. One was clear in the tops of the trees with a flock of Warblers. These Warblers were mostly Bay-breasted and I saw one Magnolia and a Black-throated Green. The Bay-breasts were quite active and were very tame.
After dinner Mr. Stout and I went down along the river. In a Buckwheat field were a great number of Song Sparrows. Vesper Sparrows also frequent these patches of Buckwheat now. Stout shot one with a crooked bill.
In a field by Fullmer's we found quite a number of Savanna Sparrows. They would not flush until nearly stepped on and then flew very crookedly and looked so much like the ground that they were hard to hit. They dropped back onto the ground or flew into some weeds where it was almost impossible to find them.

September 24, Saturday.

500. Ammodramus nelsoni. A. Wetmore. Petske's Marsh, North Freedom, Wis, iris brown. maxilla black. base of mandible buffy. rest of bill slaty. tarsus pale brown. Length 5 1/4 wing 2 3/16 tail 1 15/16