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Title
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Transcribed Diary Notes, 1899, Part 2_003
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Alternative Title
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Transcribed Diary Notes, 1899, Part 2
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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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33 July 3 Both the grosbeaks open their mouths for food today. The sparrow continues his devotion, and loses no chance to get a mouthful away from them. Frank has given him the Indian-like name of Fill Up; which, however, I have humanized to Philip, as not requiring so many explanations. At night we put a perch in the box for the grosbeaks to sleep on, as they seemed to perch so well through the day. But on peeping in under the cover before going to bed, I found the poor little male baby, perched but with his head hanging down lower than his feet, in a most uncomfortable attitude. I concluded they were hardly ready to sleep in that way, so cuddled them into an improvised nest and covered them again. July 4 A holiday, which I spent entirely at home with the birds. Took a couple pictures of the three on the edge of the waste-paper basket; they are not as good as might be wished, for Philip would not pose, let alone behave. He has plucked nearly all of the white down off the heads of the baby grosbeaks. He gets into the basket with them and cuddles down with apparent affection. robin catbird kingbird chimney swift dove yellow-billed cuckoo orchard oriole wood thrush field sparrow indigo bunting dickcissel western yellowthroat yellow warbler Baltimore oriole rose-breasted grosbeak red-eyed towhee bobwhite brown thrasher Bell's vireo bluejay Went to the woods for a little while at six o'clock. We found the grosbeaks making a great fuss over their one remaining youngster. Located another nest of catbird with two eggs.
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Rights
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