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Bird - Lore 



May 10. Bobolinks, all males. First Gold- 

 finches. White-crowned Sparrows. In bloom: 

 plum and apple trees, wild cherry, juneberry, 

 nodding trillium, early rue, white violets, 

 Jack-in-the-pulpit and wild geranium. 



May II. Canada Warbler. Swamp saxi- 

 fiage in bloom. 



May 12. Black-poll Warbler, Black Tern. 

 Phlox maciilata and blue cohosh in bloom. 



May ij. Warbling Vireos, Wood Pewees, 

 and a Harris' Sparrow. Lilacs in bloom. 



May 14. Yellow Warbler building. Young 

 Robins ready to leave nest. Last Ruby- 

 crowned Kinglet. 



May 15. Many Black Terns. Florida 

 Gallinule. Phoebe's nest, small young. Long- 

 flowered puccoon in bloom. 



May 17. False Solomon's seal {S. stellata) 

 in bloom. 



May IQ. Orchard Oriole; this bird is rare 

 here. Yellow moccasins in bloom. 



May 20. Three Caspian Terns. Conditions 

 are now generally just like early summer, the 

 first Robins are off their nests; Catbirds, 

 Yellow Warblers and Wood Thrushes incu- 

 bating; Crackles with young; water-leaf 

 coming into bloom and willows and poplars 

 shedding their seeds. 



May 21. Indigo Bunting. Least Fly- 

 catcher building. Wild honeysuckle in bloom. 



May 22. Saw three cock Ring-necked 

 Pheasants out in a meadow. They are fond 

 of displaying themselves in open, low ground 

 where they are very conspicuous. This bird 

 has become quite common hereabouts. 



May 23. In bloom: Scarlet painted cup, 

 wild lupine, spiderwort, blue-eyed and yellow- 

 eyed grass. 



May 27. Red-backed, Baird's and Semi- 

 palmated Sandpipers associated in same 

 flock. Brood of Mallard Ducks just hatched; 

 both parents with them. 



May 29. Wild roses in bloom and the 

 great-flowered pentstemon just coming out. 

 Hillsides gay in places with the golden rag- 

 wort. Heard a Baltimore Oriole uttering 

 incessantly a distinct, clear-cut chewink call! 

 Different individuals of this species not 

 uncommonly possess calls and even songs 

 that closely resemble the notes of other birds. 



May 30. Wood Thrush just hatching. 

 Red-eyed Vireo's nest, one egg. 



June I. Watched two female Cowbirds 

 trying to enter same Yellow Warbler's nest 

 while the Warbler endeavored to prevent 

 them. 



Jime 2. A Hummingbird's nest, bird incu- 

 bating; seven Yellow Warbler's nests, eggs 

 just hatching in two; six Least Flycatcher's 

 nests, birds sitting; a Veery's nest, four eggs. 

 Stemless lady's-slipper, pitcher plant and 

 tufted loosestrife in bloom. 



Junes. Wild red phlox in bloom. 



June 5. Wild iris in bloom. 



June 6. Two nests of the Spotted Sand- 

 piper with eggs. Nest of the Rose-breasted 

 Grosbeak with young. 



June 9. Northern bedstraw {Galium bore- 

 ale) in full bloom. 



June II. Nest of Marsh Hawk with three 

 eggs and one newly hatched young. 



June 12. Green Heron's nest with three 

 young just out. 



Jiine 14. Nest of American Bittern with 

 four young just emerging from the eggs. 

 Zygadene just coming into bloom. — Thos. S. 

 Roberts, Zoological Museum, University of 

 Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. 



Chicago Region. — The weather during 

 the recent period has been warmer than is 

 usually experienced here in spring. The 

 Sparrows began arriving during the first week 

 in April and continued with other migrants 

 until May, when the first Warblers appeared. 

 There was no sudden rush of Warblers this 

 year but a gradual passing through during 

 the first weeks in May, so that they seemed 

 less abundant than usual. Nesting is in full 

 swing at this time (June 15), and seems to 

 have begun earlier this year. 



Ducks were plentiful during the last of 

 April, and Blue-winged Teal, Pintail, and a 

 pair of Shovellers have been reported from 

 various sloughs where they are apparently 

 breeding. A flock of 25 Lesser Scaup have 

 been in the harbor off Chicago for the past 

 ten days — non-breeding birds, no doubt. 

 April 23, Black-bellied Plover were seen in 

 two different localities, and May 2, a flock of 

 80 from Hyde Lake (A. C. Weed). The abol- 

 ishment of spring shooting seems to be 

 showing results already. 



A few of the rarer birdi reported are: 



