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song was big and loud, Dad
said like that of a Carolina
Wren. I believe we have
mistaken this for Cardinals song
at times. One was building
a nest in a thorny sort of
tree. Greasy sort of material
was used. The nest was both
suggestive of a Blue Wren and
of a Nardys. Many parts of
feets were near [illegible]
indicating holes similar to
Blue Wrens. Often the nests were
just beyond a wasps nest
on the limbs. Apparently no
nests had eggs that we
noted.
A bird the size of a cassin
with a line over the eye and
a broad tail was common.
The note was cassin still
but poorer, different quality.
A large Jay was seen
fairly frequently. It had
no crest but they have had
a few long feathers. The
head was black and the
rest a deep blue.
Two warblers were heard.
One sounded like a yellow
warbler. The other I believe
was the same as the song
of the warbler we got on the