July 10 - Started the morning by going out into the grass field where we found many of the little seed eaters. They fall everywhere in the fields. The nuthatches when giving song - which is no better than that of a grasshopper - jump up into the air and alight again on the same perch. Many ani are about the corn fields and grass plots. They are extremely common. They seem to be building as well as the seed eaters. Some of the ani are molting others not. The seedeaters shine in the best of plumage whereas the wrens are all very rally. I believe some of the wrens are building, yet possibly only dummy nests. There are flying wrens about. Got a couple of Towhee like sparrows. They behaved much as towhees. They seemed to be a breeding pair. The thick brush and grass makes hunting difficult, as many birds are lost. I shot a large gray bird