J^ott^ from iFielb anb ^tubp 



'1 h'; A'lvan','; fyijari-j 



For wjvcral 'lay--, j;rior to \u:\,rniiry '//> the 

 wenihur hmd \m:r\ very rriilri and w>ft, A 

 few Hlui;bJrdH, KobiriK, and Mcu/i/mhrkn 

 wi:ri'. in evjrlencc, and ])ni:V,% were seen 

 v.'in}(ing their way north, Ar^t the ■fM\i]>]y of 

 f'>fxl was not yet cxh'dUnU-A, the fjfx;k» of 

 Bohemian and (Jc<litr Waxwing» that have 

 dtlomtd our tjampas thi» winf/rr were not 

 influence^! by the balrny weather. 



Sun^ky of>en<M with a warm driz/zle which 

 UirncA Uj a lij^ht Know in the laf^; nfU-.rn'Kjtt 

 and was the forerunner of al>out three fky;-) 

 of ;«:ro weather with real »now and hi:'dvy 

 north and northwest wj'nrb. Sund^ty evening, 

 at alxiut 9,10, my ■v'/n, a fifU^;n-year o)d 

 S<;fjut, rt^forii'A a Aix'uViA movirmcni of 

 f^irfk alxive the t^wn, 'ITie call* were di«/- 

 tinrtly heard and aeemcA to cover qu}t<; an 

 area. It was f/K> fUtrk t/^ (Uu^tU; on the dirw> 

 tion of tfieir fligf/t, but they muKt have Ur<-i) 

 afxrve Ame» for from twtjrity minutir^ l» 

 half an hour Wjau»e there was timi; t/> 

 phone to several mU^rt-AU-A ]H;mrtr*,, all of 

 ■whom w«mt out and Vi^ere al>Ie f/, hr-ar tf<e 

 '//mm/;tion, 



Ojuld it l>e that this was a uh.i,i, ',\ a/i ver. 

 turouft frmrrunner» who were driven l;a^;k by 

 the hVfrm, w<:ri; amfw^A by the Hj^its, and 

 s^-^ flew ba/,k and forth over Am<r* for a tirm; 

 fx;fore Jcoing on «r^uth, — ^Mk». F. L. MxnicLL, 

 AnfA, hroja. 



An Unusual Gathering of Mij(Tiint» 



Afrtil I, /^i;^; v/a-', the third 'lay f/f an 

 int/rrmitt/mt '.no// and rain -.fz/rm, 'fYictt w*^t 

 5 inijuc/*, <ji snov/ on the j^round arwj rw/re 

 falling h<5avily, 'il/e fiud'/m Kiver at Water- 

 ford, X- y., ha/1 overflown its bankj( and 

 ]r<u:k(A up int/> a ro-acrc, level, com-«tubblc 

 field, flffAmi^ a third ^rf it. In thix «,nmll 

 field was the nv^t intense congestion '>f <:n!trly 

 mjfijtiTihi I have ever witmssse^l fwrre, thuere 

 l>t;ing over z/xo f/ird», at the m/y^t <r>yr»- 

 Sservative e>,tirna.te, and ^yf tv/enty f^X'j^t^. 

 This sudrlen st//rm came after the fiehk had 

 l>een bare for some titne, but the birds did 



rjot afif)ear to suffer and managed fz> glean a 

 living until thr<« day» later, the ficH'^ wer'; 

 again bare. 



A list of the binhi follows: 



jancm were the rnr/s-.t abunrlant — 500 in 

 the field and over ij.yx.' w«m on a 5-mile 

 y/alk (tihuAly in fl'><.k'4 of 25 t<; 100;; 500 

 Crow:/. (ni)rrnn.]\y 10 U) 20 in n<M:k); .^00 

 liorniA l/drk-A Cij»iially flo<;k» of 20 f/^ »oo;, 

 /o I'ruirUt IhtrrtiA //ark», 20 f'ipits, 15 

 Herring fiulls, 200 Kcd-wing«l iila<-kbir<l», 

 »o Ku«ty f}lackbird», 200 Gra«klc», 100 

 StarlingK, 25 M<;iMiowhfk», if, Kt]Wjtr, %o 

 Kobin», 10 liUu-.hhfh, 1 S|>arrow Ifawk, 6 

 llla/;k \)ni'k'6, 150 Song S(>arrow», foo 'I'ree 

 Sf^arrows, 20 Savanna Sj/arrov/K, 15 Vesjx;r 

 Si>a.rrows. 'J'herc were pn)\rAAy twiu; a» 

 many Sj;arrow» but thc»; were <:ifyM:\y 

 atmtUA a« were all the (>i\u;x%. At the end 

 of the third <ky nttrmnky wa» ntiuhfA, with 



»pccje» f>re»ent and alx^ut /oo individuals, 

 — Va)<,au lihiifJ,!,, Wukrfrml, N. Y . 



The Bird« of an Acre 



I 'a.\f\mA a li»t of birrl*, found ni^^iinu, on 

 our a/.re or v^ of lawn. This lav/n is plant/-d 

 with Kpru':/:9», pini«, maples, walnuts, ](t<;u>,tt, 

 cherry irt'/r*, (/dk tre<», and m;iny «^;ther». 

 In iuMiium there are many vari/;ti*« of 

 «hrul>s, (■Jur pl4u>; is in the heart of *r/me of 

 the hjghf»t range* <rf the muthtsm Aj/f/a- 

 lachian-s, at '.■"' / /'/xj f'^ef, a!til<J<le. The 



1 igt follows 



kobin, SS'y/J 'iiiru>,h, hiiuMtrd, ho\>- 

 Wh'iU:, (Ih'nknAm, Cliij/j/ing Sf^arrow, S^/ng 

 Sf*arrow, Usist My',Af/h«rr, f;atbird, f.'birn- 

 ney Swift^ Wia^lx;, AtM/Yi^n Flytat/;h<^, 

 Hhh'tmffru Orioh, Hewick'* Wren, O/iar 

 W'axw'mg. 



in additix/n tr> the f<;r<^/ing the following 

 have b^^m »een during the »(/ring arid sum- 

 mer nv/nth». Many of the«e al»o m;Kt on the 

 plaf;e, but we have w/t found tlurir ne»t. 



Ked-«yed Vireo, Cardinal; VWxl Pev/e<;, 

 Sramtjun Wood//K,k, \jmwaiii. Wat>rr- 

 Thrush, KuthythnrdtiA iimnm'mf^Ani, Vel- 

 knv Warbler, Goldfinch, iilue-Cray Gnat- 



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