388 OBSERVING IN TOWNS AND VILLAGES 



OBSERVING IN TOWNS AND VILLAGES 



In studying birds closely in the field, their confidence 

 must be won, but in villages and towns they are used to 

 the presence of man, and being less afraid of observers 

 may be watched to peculiar advantage. That a great 

 variety of birds nest in our midst for us to study is shown 

 by the following list from a typical New England town. 



BIRDS KNOWN TO NEST IN PORTLAND, CONNECTICUT. 



Bob-white. 



Ruffed Grouse. 



Mourning Dove. 



Marsh Hawk. 



Sharp-shinned Hawk. 



Cooper's Hawk. 



Red-tailed Hawk. 



Red-shouldered Hawk. 



Broad-winged Hawk. 



Sparrow Hawk. 



Barred Owl. 



Screech Owl. 



Great Horned Owl. 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 



Black-billed Cuckoo. 



Kingfisher. 



Hairy Woodpecker. 



Downy Woodpecker. 



Red-headed Woodpecker. 



Flicker. 



Whip-poor-will. 



Nighthawk. 



Swift. 



Hummingbird. 



Kingbird. 



Great-crested Flycatcher. 



Phoebe. 



Wood Pewee. 



Least Flycatcher. 



Blue Jay. 



Crow. 



Bobolink. 



Cowbird. 



Red-winged Blackbird. 



Meadowlark. 



Orchard Oriole. 



Baltimore Oriole. 



Crow Blackbird. 



Purple Finch. 



Goldfinch. 



Vesper Sparrow. 



Savanna Sparrow. 



Grasshopper Sparrow. 



Chipping Sparrow. 



Field Sparrow. 



Song Sparrow. 



Swamp Sparrow. 



Chewink. 



Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 



Indigo Bunting. 



