70 The Wilson Bulletix — No. 71. 



a couple of immature Bald Eagles flew up and down the Point. 

 There was also a decided increase in the numbet of Cooper's 

 Hawks and more Red-tails than I have ever seen before. A 

 flock of about twenty-five of the latter sailed about the Gard- 

 ner clearing ,but worked south and was soon out of sight. 

 There must have been a migration of Whip-poor-wills also, 

 as I saw five in a small area near the tower ; here also I saw 

 one Black-throated Blue Warbler and one Cape Alay. For the 

 past few days the Flickers have been coming down the Point, 

 and to-day are here in considerable numbers. I saw the re- 

 mains of one killed by a hawk at the end of the Point. I also 

 saw one Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, the second one seen here. 

 The Olive-backed, Gray-cheeked, and Hermit Thrushes are 

 here in some numbers. Crows are still flocking, but are still 

 farther up the Point near the base. A few Sharp-shinned 

 Hawks were seen to-day. 



September 27 — This morning the Point was full of small 

 birds. I noted a few warblers (Myrtle and Bay-breasted)' 

 numbers of Phoebes, and an increase in all kinds of sparrows. 

 I went into the marsh with Albert Gardner and on the mud 

 bogs saw numbers of Wilson's Snipe, two Red-backed Sand- 

 pipers, a few Semipalmated Sandpipers, one Semipalmated 

 Plover, four Bitterns, fifty Coots, twenty Killdeers, nine Blue- 

 winged Teal, thirty Green-winged Teal, about one hundred 

 Black Ducks, ten Wood Ducks. Other birds seen to-day were 

 ten Red-tailed Hawks, several Alarsh Hawks, a few Sharp- 

 shinned and Cooper's Hawks, one Kingfisher, and a flock of 

 about thirty Goldfinches. 



September 28 — Last night seemed a favorable one for mi- 

 gration, and the small birds mostly moved on. Today the 

 Point was silent and deserted where yesterday it teemed with 

 bird life. I saw only one Sharp-shinned Hawk, and Albert 

 Gardner saw a Brown Creeper. 



September 29 — A trip to the end of the Point and return 

 gave me some interesting records. At the end of the Point I 

 saw a fine Duck Hawk and about two hundred Herring Gulls. 

 Tn the low thick red cedars near the end were a few Black- 



