Ferry — On Spring Migration. 



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S 27 58 clear 



13 SW 27 71 clear 



14 SW 17 70 cloudy 



15 SW 21 52 cloudy 



partly 



16 SW IG 42 cloudy 



partly 

 17 SW 16 64 cloudy 



partly 

 IS NW 10 62 cloudy 



Great host of migrants arrive to-day. 

 Foliage of trees has made marked 

 advance, earlier varieties being quite 

 solidlj' green. Bumble-bees, dragon- 

 flies, red butterflies. Two flocks 

 Pine Siskins seen (6, 9). Red-breast- 

 ed Nuthatches vei'y common. Ol- 

 ive-backed Thrushes, Least Bitterns, 

 Black-crowned Night Herons com- 

 mon. First seen : King Rail, Whip- 

 poor-will, Nighthawk, Wood Pewee, 

 Orchard Oriole, Dickcissel, Scarlet 

 Tanager, Blue-headed Yireo, Pro- 

 thonotary, Wilson's Magnolia, Chest- 

 nut-sided, Wilson's Canadian War- 

 bler and Northern Yellow-throat, 

 Gray-cheeked Thrush, Yellow-billed 

 and Black-billed Cuckoos. Many mi- 

 grants in song. Coope.r's Hawk's 

 nest with 4 eggs. 



First seen : Ruby-throated Humming- 

 bird, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Yellow- 

 bellied Flycatcher, Lincoln's Spar- 

 row, Golden-winged, Nashville, Con- 

 necticut, Mourning, Bay-breasted 

 Black-poll and Blackburnian War- 

 blers, Yellow-breasted Chat Indigo 

 Bunting, Red-eyed Yireo, Warbling 

 Vireo, Yellow-throated Yireo. White- 

 eyed Yireo. Brown Thrasher and 

 Phoebe nesting. Bird-life abundant. 



First Tennessee and Cerulean War- 

 blers. Bird-life abundant. 



A cold and raw day. Warblers abund- 

 ant and sorely pressed for food, feed- 

 ing on ground. 



Chestnut-sided Warblers profusely 

 abundant, numbering about one- 

 third of all warblers seen. Wild 

 geraniums, white trilliums, butter- 

 cups. 



Flock of Pine Siskins. White cab- 

 bage moth. Bird-life abundant. Red 

 and white trilliums in full blossom. 

 Hazel leaves i/^ in. out. Maples 1-3 

 leaved out. 



The first great wave of migrants ap- 

 pear to have moved on, the few here 

 restless and keeping in tree-tops. 

 Scarlet Tanagers mating. Poplars i/^ 

 leaved out. 



