Summer Bird Records 



Among the bird records made during the summer months, a few 

 may be mentioned as being of general interest. There are several 

 resident species in this region which, although abundant during the 

 winter months, have never been recorded by the Museum in summer. 

 The past summer's work, however has resulted in very fair series of 

 records for three of these species — Belted Kingfisher, Meadowlark, 

 and Tield Sparrow. It is encouraging to note that no one of these 

 series was made from one locality only, showing that the observers 

 had found more than one pair of each species. 



The Killdeer Plover, a bird which heretofore has been reported 

 first in early November, was found this year on Aug. 17, when a 

 flock of five was seen in St. Andrews Parish. This, at first, appear- 

 ed an unusually early record, but Mr. A. T. Wayne says that the 

 Killdeer is sometimes found here still earher in the summer. 



It is interesting to note that a pair of Blue Jays again nested in 

 the trees on the College of Charleston campus. This species has 

 been but rarely seen in town; yet for three successive summers it 

 has bred in the heart of the city. 



Master Burnham Chamberlain reports that he and his brother 

 watched a pair of Red-headed Woodpeckers which had a nest on 

 the Porter Military Academy campus. The nest was first found 

 on June 15, when the young birds were almost grown; they left the 

 nest on June 20. By June 24, the parent birds had started an- 

 other nest. 



The Museum is also indebted to Messrs. Burnham and Rhett 

 Chamberlain for interesting records on the breeding of the Fish 

 Crow and the Ground dove. The nest of the former, which was 

 placed in a tall tree near the corner of Broad and Orange streets, 

 was not found until May 12, when the young birds were almost 

 fledged. The Ground Dove's nest, among the sand dunes at the 

 eastern end of Sullivan's Island, was found to contain eggs as late 

 as Sept. 25. On Sept. 26, one egg hatched; the other was missing. 



Among other breeding records made by members of the 

 Natural History Society may be mentioned those for Worthing- 



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