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Title
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Transcribed Diary Notes, 1899, Part 1_016
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Alternative Title
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Transcribed Diary Notes, 1899, Part 1
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Date
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1899
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Creator
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Elizabeth Van Sant
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Description
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Elizabeth Van Sant transcribed letters
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Identifier
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321301
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Transcription
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15 Afternoon I began "cultivating" the orchard, taking at a time and hunting for nests. I found four of the brown thrasher, and eight of the mourning dove. But the find of the day was a nest of the mockingbird with four eggs. There are two fresh nests of similar construction in the orchard, which are probably mockingbirds' nests. May 14 Too windy to observe the birds with much satisfaction, so gave up a proposed trip to the river. I have seen a number of strange birds in crossing it, and an anxious to spend some time there. - Another nest of brown thrasher with four eggs. May 15 Took the set of four eggs of the mockingbird, selecting first one egg to ascertain whether they were fresh enough to save. Found the incubation barely begun. The nest was twigs, lined with grasses. It is not quite as compact a nest as the brown thrasher builds. May 16 The mockingbirds are singing daily, and I have learned to distinguish the song from that of the thrasher. It is growing upon me, though at first I could not fully sense its superiority over the thrasher's offering. The mocker quite won my heart tonight when he broke out in the stillness of the evening, after it was fully dark. This morning the wind died down after a three days' blow, and I took a walk to a grove half a mile away. Found a number of doves' nests, but no
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