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sided Warbler, Canadian Warbler, Redstart, Small-billed Water-Thrush; August i5-3r, 

 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Bobolink, Nashville Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Parula 

 Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Back-throated Green Warbler, Magnolia War- 

 bler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, Veery; Sept. 

 1-15, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Savanna Sparrow, Blackpoll Warbler, Connecticut 

 Warbler, Pine Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Blue-headed Vireo, Olive-backed Thrush, 

 Red-bellied Nuthatch; Sept. 15-30, Herring Gull, Junco, White-throated Sparrow, 

 Myrtle Warbler, Brown Creeper, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 

 Purple Finch, Winter Wren. 



Departure of Siunmer Residents. — Sept. 1-15, Acadian Flycatcher, Orchard Oriole, 

 Baltimore Oriole, Rough -winged Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Barn Swallow, Purple Mar- 

 tin, Worm-eating Warbler, Kentucky Warbler, Blue-winged Warbler; Sept. 15-30, 

 Hummingbird, Whippoorwill, Kingbird, Crested Flycatcher, Wood Pewee, Yellow- 

 throated Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Yellow-breasted Chat, Yellow Warbler. 



AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER BIRD - LIFE NEAR OBERLIN, OHIO 



By Lynds Jones 



There is a good deal of movement among the birds during August, yet 

 only two species come down from the north with any regularity, and they 

 late in the month. However, a number of our summer resident species 

 wholly disappear before the month draws to a close. While there are no 

 frosty nights, there is likely to be some chilly weather as early as the 

 middle of the month. There is no lessening of the foliage, except possibly 

 the dying of some of the lower leaves in the thicker woods. The heat, 

 combined with swarming mosquitoes and gnats and the deer flies, makes 

 the life of the ornithologist miserable. The dense foliage renders work 

 with the woods birds extremely difficult, especially so since the birds are 

 inclined to be silent except during the early morning hours. Many of the 

 birds have not fully recovered from the annual molt, and are more than 

 usually retiring on that account. 



September brings good cause for thoughts of the sunny south in that 

 forcible suggestion of the coming winter season, frosty meadows and with- 

 ering vegetation. The month is too likely to contain many days too dis- 

 agreeable for all but the most ardent devotee of our chosen study. It is 

 not so disappointing as August, for it brings many travelers from the north, 

 and the foliage has thinned with each touch of frost. Not a few of the 

 birds sing again, but the most are silent or only call. 



We are accustomed to think of May and June as the months when 

 birds' nests are to be found. In this region many birds are still nesting in 

 July, a few in August, and at least the Goldfinch and Mourning Dove 

 even into September. These and Song Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow and the 

 Cuckoos regularly nest during August. In Iowa I have many times found 

 fresh eggs in the Cuckoos' nests as late as September 6. 



