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found another animal nest,
but had no room for it.
There were numerous eggs,
I shall return tomorrow.
Dad shot the first Bob white which I've seen
every where in the forest,
cultivated land and
grassy bottoms. He not
killing but the Bob white
more than the bird. They
are extremely hard to
flush.
The wild turkeys at the
house tell us the nuthatches
(Drygnese) nest in holes
they dig in banks. They
also tell us there are
several kinds of the same.
Every locality we go to,
we find very effects and
it looks as tho we
would not get nearly all
before the time is up.
July 14
Returned today to the same
country as yesterday, and
found a hawk in the grove
near where the yellow throat
nest was. She was calling
a regular hawk call and
had no difficulty in sneaking