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out of reach. When one chases them and gets nearly up to them they will 

 dive and go back to the place they started from under water. 



One set of Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers I took this year was fresh and 

 contained four eggs. The birds found a cavity already excavated and went 

 right on laying and in less than three weeks had young partly fledged. The 

 first set of Blackburnian Warbler I took was found by watching the female. 

 She would light in a thick bush then fly off a long distance, coming back 

 soon. I thought it a sure find so I left it and came back in a week's time 

 only to find no nest on the bough but on striking a small tree nearby the 

 female dropped from the nest to a brush pile and went off. The secoud nest 

 I found by watching the female as she was flying about in a hurried manner 

 feeding and making quite a lot of noise and ruffling up her breast feathers. 

 I knew she had just come off her nest. After about five minutes she went 

 like a flash straight through the woods. I lost view of her about 30 or 40 

 yards away. Going to this spot I commenced to strike each tree to jar 

 the bird off. The third tree I struck the bird came out and after dropping 

 about 15 feet went off close to the ground but came very close to me while 

 I was in the tree. 



With the Olive-Sio'ed Flycatcher nest which I found I noticed that the 

 male was unually about 50 to 75 yards from the nesting tree and when I 

 got within 15 or 20 feet of the nest the female flew off but soon came back 

 to the nest. This bird usually dives down some at leaving the nest. This 

 one came so close to me in the tree that I could feel the wind from its wings. 

 The male assists in incubating. 



There is not a single Phebe's nest here this year and Cliff Swallows have 

 been scarce. I saw a young Night Heron on the 9th of July but have not 

 seen any young Great Blue Herons as yet. 



I found nests of many birds by watching a likely p,ir. They are us- 

 ually near the nest just before setting. Everything goes well until the fe- 

 male happens to come near the nest. Then there is trouble. After seeing 

 them drive two or three birds from one tree or particular place on the ground 

 it is very likely that the nest is or will be nearby. This method works best 

 where tree building birds are numerous. The Tree swallow will come down 

 and pick up a white feather and if he has a nest will fly straight to it but if 

 he has no nest will simply take it up into the air and let it float away or 

 perhaps take it to some stump or tree and fasten it there for future use. 



As a rule Pileatecl Woodpeckers are very shy and hard to get a shot at 

 but if one will conceal himself within hearing distance of one of these birds 

 and clap his hand with hollowed palms two or three times with the same reg- 

 ularity that a Woodpecker would if pounding on an old hollow tree you 

 are likely to bring one straight to you. Your only trouble will be that he 



