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Have always supposed Blue Jays were rather shy, but they come 

 there freely and do not pay much attention to us when we stand in 

 the window to watch them. There is quite a large flock around, 

 but I have only given the number seen at one time. 



Sara C. Eastman. 

 Observations at Pine Point, Deering and Cape Elizabeth: 

 Dec. 2ist, 3 Meadowlarks, i Black-backed Gull, 5 Crows, 

 and hundreds of Herring Gulls. Dec. 22nd, 15 Redpolls, i Red- 

 shouldered Hawk, which, high in air, sailed in wide circles above 

 the woods, i Chickadee, i Tree Sparrow, i Crow. Dec. 23rd, 75 

 Herring Gulls, 6 White-winged Crossbills, 6 Chickadees, 4 Golden- 

 crowned Kinglets, 2 Red-breasted Nuthatches, i Tree Sparrow, 5 

 Crows. Dec. 24th, 6 American Crossbills, 10 Horned Earks, 2 

 Meadowlarks, 5 Snow Buntings, 2 Eoons, i Brown Creeper, a large 

 flock of Redpolls, a large flock of Crows, a large flock of Herring 

 Gulls, 17 Black Ducks on the wing, and well in toward the shore, 

 large flocks of Old Squaws and Scoters. Dec. 27th, 12 Myrtle 

 Warblers, 8 Red-breasted Nuthatches, 2 Golden-crowned Kinglets, 

 3 White-winged Crossbills, a large flock of Redpolls and 3 Crows. 

 Dec. 29th, I Northern Shrike. 



Mrs. Ernest E. Brewer, Portland. 



Observations at Woodfords: 



My list of birds for the Christmas census is not large, as it in- 

 cludes only what I saw from my windows. A flock of a half dozen 

 Chickadees and a Downy Woodpecker nearly every daj^, a flock of 

 twelve Pine Grosbeaks several times and a single bird at others, 

 flock of at least twenty-five or thirty Crossbills, both Red and 

 White-winged, several days, i Brown Creeper, i White-breasted 

 Nuthatch, i Red-breasted Nuthatch, 3 Crows and a Hawk I did not 

 identify. As usual, I have a piece of suet hung in a tree near my 

 window, and lately have put with it a doughnut, which I find the 

 Chickadees and Nuthatches are extremely fond of. Several times I 

 have also noticed the Creeper eating with evident enjoyment from 



