1895 Feb. 2. Fired sev. shots at larks on apple trees plot, also lost 2 or 3 on wing got 4 on wing. 1 quail poeted. Another field with brad that escaped. Saw a sfs hawk fly past me in orchard. Feb. 10. Prepared a varied Thrush in pine on shell road & it a mystery how he got away a quail further on that I saw fall: probably recovered. Got 1 robin on plumm ave. Have seen about 10 this week & 1 in Jan. on ivy-covered stump by Edo's house & 1 by Cantreville 1st week Oct., which makes all for the season, so far, and, think will be very few of mild weather. & Feb. 14 heard varied Thrushes singing in mables lot etc. A musical chorus, much sweeter than their usual crow & sounds like some tropical cage bird.