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the previous day. A large flock of Goldfinches was noted and 

 about one hundred Herring Gulls at the end of the sand spit. 



October 1 1 — A trip across to the east beach and north to the 

 big pond showed that the birds were very scarce today. A 

 few Song, Swamp, and Savanna with some White-crowned 

 and White-throated Sparrows, and a few Palm Warblers were 

 seen. 



xA.t the pond I say five Red-head Ducks, one Green- winged 

 Teal, one Kingfisher, five Red-backed Sandpipers, ten Marsh 

 Hawks, fifty-five Coots, six Bitterns, fifty Black Ducks, one 

 Sora Rail, and thirteen Wood Ducks. Gardner saw twenty 

 five Golden Plover, four Great Blue Herons, four Sanderlings, 

 two Shovellers, and twelve Wilson's Snipe. The hawks are 

 nearly all gone from the Point to-day, except the Marsh 

 Hawks ten of which were seen at the big marsh. 



October 12 — A trip to the end of the Point to-day revealed 

 very few birds. A few White-throated and White-crowned 

 Sparrows, House Wrens and Winter Wrens, Kinglets, and 

 three Palm Warblers were noted. At the end of the cedars 

 I shot an immature female Cooper's Hawk, but saw only one 

 Sharp-shinned Hawk. A large flock of about three hundred 

 Tree Swallows came (flying low to keep out of the wind as 

 much as possible) to the end of the Point, but after they 

 passed the shelter of the cedars the wind blew them back and 

 they lit in the edge of the clearing on low bushes and on mul- 

 lein stalks. When I scared them up they flew again toward 

 the end of the Point but came back and went ofif up the Point 

 probably to the big marsh where the Gardner boys saw them. 



October 13 — I made another trip to the end of the Point 

 today, where I saw a large flock of Tree Swallows. The wind 

 blew so hard that the birds kept along the east side of the 

 Point out of the wind a little, where they lit on the beach and 

 seemed to be picking up food from the sand. Dozens of them 

 lit within a few feet of me, and they seemed rather exhausted 

 with the cold and wind and probably with insufficient food. 

 After feeding a short time they all flew back to the edge of 

 the clearing, where they lit on weeds and low bushes and 



