May 27, 1914
commercially made, lined paper notebook
8 3/8 x 6 15/16 inches
Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2000
until my outstretched hand was within a few inches of him, when, with a warning chirp he flew a couple yards alighting in the grass most awkwardly. He had given but one cry, but that was enough to bring down upon me the wrath of the male parent who perhaps (End of later edit)