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Arctic Towhee

Pipilo erythrophthalmus

Harris Sparrow

Chicadee

Cardinal

Gambel Sparrow

Meadowlark

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shrike. I followed it up and the bird kept along ahead well hidden in  an Osage Orange hedge. Finally it lit on a limb in sight and I saw it was a Towhee and knew immediately that it must be an Arctic. I shot it and found it to be a fine specimen quite different from P. erythrophthalmus.

One or two Harris Sparrows were also along here. They gave a note like [[underlined]] tseet [/underlined]]. When startled they lit in the hedge not very high up and sat with raised crest calling.
Chicadees were very common along the river. They scolded vigorously at me when they saw me.

The Cardinal's plumage seems to blend very well with dead leaves. Their note sounds steely. I heard them more often than I saw them. They called continually as long as I was in sight.

Two sparrows flew up out of some weeds near the cemetery and lit on a fence. They sat there quietly and I shot one which proved to be Gambel's Sparrow. Heard a great many Zonotrichis notes.

Scared up a large flock of Meadowlarks in a grassy field. They were rather wild and I could not get near them. They were almost silent. There were about 50 of them. Farther on I saw some more and shot one.