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throated Blue, Myrtle and Magnolia Warblers, small flocks of 

 Golden-crowned Kinglets. Ruby-crowned Kinglets were 

 common everywhere. I also -saw one Red-breasted Nuthatch, 

 and a few vSavanna Sparrows. On the way back I shot three 

 Cooper's Hawks. One of them was an adult male, the first 

 adult bird I have seen. A duck hunter secured a Golden 

 Plover on the beach, and Albert Gardner reported ten Ruddy 

 Ducks, one Pintail, and a few Wilson Snipe in the marsh. 



September 30 — There was a decided increase in the warb- 

 lers today. In addition to those seen yesterday, I noted Can- 

 adian, Cape May and the first Redstarts. On the east beach I 

 also saw flocks of Palm Warblers feeding in low willow 

 bushes along an old fence. They also lit and fed on the ground 

 and were very tame. White-throated Sparrows were every- 

 where in the bushes along the Point and in the clearing south 

 of the Fish Camp. Mr. Grubb saw an Owl in the clearing. 

 As it flew from the ground, it may have been a Short-eared. I 

 also saw a few thrushes, all four of the species that have been 

 so common here on the Point and which seem to furnish the 

 bulk of the food of the migrating hawks. The earliest ones 

 are the Wilson and Olive-backed, then come the Gray-cheeked, 

 and last but by no means least the Hermit. 



An accurate account of the migration of these species at 

 this place will be found in " Birds of Point Pelee " Wilson 

 Bulletin, No. G-J. pp. 113-114. 



October 1 — On a walk to the end of the Point to-day I saw 

 several Cooper's and two Sharp-shinned Hawks, also a couple 

 of Short-eared Owls. This is the second record of the latter 

 species for the Point, although an owl has been seen several 

 times in the marshes by the Gardners that no doubt was this 

 species. It was noted by Saunders, November 20-23, 1908. 

 The ones T saw were at the extreme end of the Point, where 

 one flew about much as the gulls were doing. A few of the 

 Herring Gulls seemed inclined to attack the owl and drove it 

 back to the shelter of the Point. For the first time I have seen 

 a flock of Blue Jays (fifteen of them) that acted as though 

 about to migrate. In fact this species has been very rare on 



