Bird Observations 



eggs ; they could not have been insects. He 

 kept at this as long as we watched him, 

 ten or fifteen minutes. 



May 27, 1907. Many Cape Mays, male 

 and female, have been in our yard since 

 May 1 4th. This cold, backward spring 

 prevents their going north. They seem to 

 be a rather pugnacious bird, and are ex- 

 tremely lively, darting out at other birds 

 and driving them off. They have been 

 feeding in the barberry blossoms, and 

 along the branches. They have a thin, 

 sharp chirp, like the click of two pebbles 

 struck together, quite characteristic. 



May 19, 1908. Cape May's have been 

 thicker than I've ever seen them this year. 

 It's been cool and very wet, and a poor 

 year for most warblers, but they seem to 

 thrive. The females are abundant today, 

 such dusky, striped birds. They feed so 

 much on insects (supposedly) in the cen- 

 ters of the barberry blossoms and reach 

 away out on the ends of the branches to 

 get them. 



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