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Aug 16
To spring from rock house where I
spent night to fill canteen then
back into palm grove, went through,
part didn't few days ago but within
there but 2 or 3 sparrow hawks & the
usual birds & Redtail near spring
I goalt making big racket present
Time. Nearly every pine in palms
or near them (dozens) had 1 or
more nut-hatchers shot several
molting as an all other birds. Some
of the junco's about through in
fresh feathers are very pretty
seem brighter cleaner at pines
than in Cypress grove