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Ring-billed Gull

Lapland Longspur
American Rough-legged Hawk
Crow
Goldfinch
Chhicadee

Red-tailed Hawk
Pigeon Hawk  crow.

Blackbird
American Rough-legged Hawk
Bluebird

General

Carolina Wren

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and at Madison I saw a Ring-billed Gull beating over Lake Monona. On the Rock River near Janesville a flock of Lapland Longspurs flew down to a sandbar. In Illinois a single American Rou-legged Hawk was seen. Crows were common all along. They fed in low places in scattered flocks. Some Goldfinches and a Chicadee were also seen. Small birds were very scarce.

November 26, Saturday

Today we were on the road to Kansas City. Hawks were common. Red-tails could be seen sitting in the trees all over and I saw one catch a mouse. A single Pigeon Hawk was seen. Crows were abundant. Saw a flock of five or six hundred Blackbirds of some sort or other. Near Des Moines I saw another American Rough-legged Hawk. Bluebirds were seen near Kansas City. A number of small birds were seen.

November 27, Sunday.

Early this morning we reached Independence Kansas. About ten oclock I went out for a little walk. Conditions here were the same as they were in Wisconsin Oct. 20. A little Creek bed was near the house and I followed it to the Verdigris River about half a mile away. The banks of both Creek and river were covered with brush and Prairie surrounded them. Birds were thick. Saw half a dozen Carolina Wrens. They gave notes like [[underlined]] Peet [[/underlined]]  and rapid, scolding [[underlined]] pre-e-e-et [[/underlined]]. They kept in the thick brush and dodged around out