Bird and shooting notes, v4473
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88) 4/28 Eug. Spar. 41 young. Left several sets eggs in unfinished nest in ivy clad stump in Ocl's garden. Other nests too high for ladder. Gen- trally 4, sometimes 5 young in one nest, occasionally 3 + 1 case 2 Van other case 1. 89) 4/28 Eng. Spar. 5 young. W. side of sum. house. 90) 4/28 Plain Titmouse 5076 young fully fledged. put step ladder on a fan of windmill, top of wood pile back Engine house & Paul stead- ed it. A stub, open above, had a small cavity running in 2 feet which I never knew existed. Saw bird enter with grub. Heard bird singing long ago but could not locate nest. Eggs probably laid 1st 1/2 of mar. Billy G. says 4/20 he saw bird go in last year. 91) 4/28 O. B. Tit. just built. Just able to reach it by Standing on top of step ladder, & pulling Small