1904] Sub-Excursion to Blueberry Point. 7^ 



In February we had a small flock of pine grosbeaks feeding- 

 on the privet berries and on rotten apples thrown on the ground, 

 a flicker also came every day for the apples. In trying to hang an 

 apple on the willow bough for the grosbeak I miscalculated the 

 length of the string, the apple fell short, rebounded and broke the 

 dining room window. The glass was mended, I tried again, and 

 an apple hung oddly enough from a winter-bare willow bough, 

 and I sat me down to wait for a grosbeak. In a few minutes a 

 great gray squirrel ran up the tree and in clawing the apple he 

 tipped it over the bough and it hit the window again: this time, 

 however, without any castastrophe. Probably a squirrel cannot 

 throw as hard as a woman. After that the apples lay on the 

 ground, or rather on the snow, for until quite lately there has been 

 no "ground" to be seen. 



Now that the snow has almost gone and the birds are finding 

 food elsewhere, they come less often to my window, but the 

 pleasure of having had them will be a joy forever. 



M. E. 

 Cambridge, Massachusetts, 



March 22, 190 j.. 



SUB-EXCURSION TO BLUEBERRY POINT. 



The Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club held its second sub- 

 excursion for 1904 to Blueberry Point, Aylmer, on May 7th. About 

 150 persons were present, the Normal School and the Ottawa 

 Ladies' College being well represented. 



The Trailing Arbutus [Epigaea repens) was very abundant and 

 eagerly collected. The banksian, red and white pines were observed 

 and Viola cardaminefolia and V. subvtscosa, collected in good 

 condition. 



At the close of the afternoon's work Dr. Sinclair assembled 

 the party and called for addresses from the leaders present. Mr. 

 W. J. Wilson illustrated by means of a map the geographical 

 formation of the district, and gave some valuable hints to those 

 commencing field work in geology. He pointed out that the un- 

 usually high water of the Ottawa River had covered all the shore 



