1904] Some Bird-notes of the year. iiq 



of each, besides some more in the top which I did not recognize 

 quickly enough. Mourning and the rare Tennessee warblers had 

 also been seen in the morning, when the number of birds is said 

 to have been still greater. Together with these warblers had 

 come the white-throated and white crowned sparrows, and the 

 olive-backed thrush, which seem to prefer the company of war- 

 blers during migration. Added to all these the robins, bluebirds 

 and blackbirds which had established their households in the 

 garden long before this date, they certainly made it a very lively 

 picturesque place for a while. 



A Heronry near Eganville. — On the 26th and 27th I had 

 occasion to visit Lake Dore near Eganville, Renfrew County. 

 At one end of this lake there is an extensive swamp area, partly 

 made up of cat-tail growth, impenetrable alike to foot and boat 

 and partly of wooded portions, where there is more firmness 

 underneath. Several so-called spring creeks roll their muddy 

 dark colored and slowly gliding waters through these swamy 

 woods. On the banks of one of these creeks, several rods from 

 where it enters the lake, is the heronry. It consists of about 

 100 — 150 nests, which are from thirty to fifty feet up in the swamp 

 elms, which in this place had at so late a date no leaves whatever. 

 The nests are bulky affairs, made of large sticks in the crotches 

 and forks of branches. They look very insecure and top-heavy, 

 especially when their large proprietors get up on them to survey 

 the surroundings. When our boat noiselessly glided up the creek, 

 the nests could be seen from far, but no herons, but as we drew 

 nearer one loud squeak would sound and then more and the herons 

 would slowly and reluctantly fly out of their nests, some would 

 merely stand up to see what was wrong. If a shot is fired or a 

 paddle splashed flat into the water, the uproar is instantaneous 

 and great. Later on, when the young are out and must be fed, 

 the tumult and uproar especially at night is something awful. 

 At this time most had their four large green eggs in the nest, yet 

 some had one or two of the young out already. That the nests of 

 these ungainly birds, so high up, are not very safe is attested by 

 the number of young and broken eggs lying among the trees. 

 The only species seen was the blue heron [Ardea hetodias). 



Some more Lake Dore Birds. — Out on the lake several loons 



