18 PROCEEOrNGS OP THE 



One of the first sights which greeted us on onr drive from the 

 station to our lodging-place on the second trip was a Bald Eagle 

 soaring on motionless wings above the valley. This bird though 

 local was not rare, and was usually seen along the borders of 

 some lakes dammed for the production of ice. These lakes also 

 attracted other species. On them we saw our only Night Herons 

 and Green Herons, but very few of either. Ospreys also had 

 their abodes here and about the borders the Nashville Warbler 

 was a rare summer resident. I noted it but once in 1906, a 

 male in full song. 



The Great Blue Heron is rare in this region and but two were 

 seen by our party, while only one Woodcock was recorded. 



By far the most abundant water bird was the Spotted Sand- 

 piper, which is everywhere a common summer resident. At 

 least four pairs of these birds were nesting about a small mill 

 dam, and it was noticeable that they kept to the open water, 

 not being found in the forests. Just the opposite was the case 

 with a pair of their cousins, the rare Solitary Sandpiper, which 

 I saw in 1905 along with three young. It was in the deepest 

 part of the forest, wliere the stream tunnbled noisily over a sort 

 of log jam, that I came upon them. I could scarcely convince 

 myself that these birds had nested in Pennsylvania, but the size 

 of the young entirely precluded any question of protracted 

 flight, so that I was forced to believe that the parent had been 

 unfortunate in their first attempt at rearing j^oung, and these 

 were the result of a second effort. After a scramble over 

 the logs and the stones, I succeeded in catching one of the 

 young, and having inspected it, released it. In the meantime 

 the parents showed but little concern over my action, though 

 one, probably the male,* silently flew several times about 

 me. The rest of the young had hidden among the logs, and 

 upon releasing mj' captive he rushed out into deep water and 

 proceeded to sioim for the logs. The current was too strong, 

 however, and took him past and on down stream. I was just 

 becoming apprehensive as to his safety, when he chnibed upon 

 a stone and bowed in his best form. 



» Cf. Oolugisl, March, 1!>0G, p. 39. 



