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Apr. 26 - Texas
N towards north testify to fierce
Daily storms.
RR station at
Houston full of English Sparrows.
11:20. - Out of Houston: tracts of
pines and deciduous trees interspersed
with "haz-willow" prairie -- apparently
good for nothing agriculturally. Saw
an Eastern Kingbird, and a dozen or
so Red-winged Blackbirds.
These must
be the "Dove Basses" I have read of. Some
small palms scattered over floor woods.
11:30 am. - near Dayton, Tex. Just
saw a Black Vulture in flight, and
three around dead cow in field; also
cat beat 6 Redwings, a Mourning Dove
+ a MeadowLark.
12:20:
High clouds; humid; has recently
rained, standing water everywhere;
fully 75 Red-winged Blackbirds seen,
scattered along right of way where
evidently find nesting places; saw