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slow measured note with a
Crescendo. It was a smooth
double whistle, of course we
supposed it to be an owl sitting quietly in the tree but
Latham found it to be a Screech Owl.
Later during the day we
heard the note in many
places. I saw also in this
locality many Orioles of
which we got several. The
females are very similar
to the males but with less
orange here. Many of them
are molting into a different
type of plumage. A small
Rose Breasted Flycatcher
was molting from red brown
to black in its wings.
We saw some sort of
Goldfinch with very goldfinch
like notes but failed to get
it.
What we had taken for
Blue Buntings yesterday proved to
be Tanagers. There are two
different kinds. Probably
the birds in the Palm that
are nesting are Tanagers
also.
Again a large Dove, I
think the same as the
one I shot yesterday was seen.