1/28 It was quite tame but was sitting in a dense tree. He also shot a female Hawk of large Umbra type off of a nest. The male five head not ready. It was eating a "dove" on the nest to see appearances as the birds away was rudimentary and was not incubating. The nest was a hawk shot. The bird is in part jibe. Just adult plumage. Note of the female Jacanas had into patcher. A Spoonbill and Siding were also shot today. The lake is rapidly falling and the path of landlows again in which the gallantly were meeting is worthy. Eventually the immense throught had its effects. We have had rain too now the past three nights. Aug 9 Sun. A hunt of over the cornfield again lead to new species. We got several of the Quiraca Blue Grosbeak. All birds