Ube journal of 



uhe Tlfaine Ornithological Society. 



A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGY. 



"Bird Protection, Bird Study the Spread of the Knowledge Thus Gained, 

 These Are Our Objects." 



VOL. V. 



FAIRFIELD, MAINE, APRIL 1902. 



NUMBER 2. 



TLhc /iDaine ©rmtbologtcal 

 Society 



CAPT. HERBERT L. SPINNEY, 



Popham Beach, Me., 

 PROF. LESLIE A. LEE, 



Brunswick, Me., 

 PROF. WM. POWERS. 



Gardiner, Me., 

 J. MERTON SWAIN, 



Augusta, Me., 

 PROP. A.L.LANE, 



Waterville, Me-, 

 ORA W. KNIGHT, M. Sc, 



Bangor, Me-, 



President. 



Vice-President. 



Sec'y. and Treas. 



Editor. 



Councillor. 



Councillor. 



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Eighth annual meeting to be held 

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 ThanKsgiving, 1903, at Bangor, Me. 



Entered as second class mail matter 

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Editorial Cfoat. 



The spring birds came back to us at 

 an unusually early date. Usually we 

 have heavy snow storms in March, but 

 this year only one small snow storm 

 came during the month and unusually 



warm weather brought the birds to us, 

 in goodly numbers. 



Prairie Horned Larks were observed 

 in the roads on March 2d. On the 6th 

 the crow was seen in the interior. The 

 first we saw was at Solon, when .two 

 were seen flying north. Although they 

 had been seen much earlier down the 

 coast towns. 



March 11th, the Can. geese were 

 seen flying over, high in the air. The 

 12th, Robins were seen at Morrill, in 

 Waldo county and the next morning 

 I was awaken early in the morning by 

 the welcome warble of the blue birds, 

 several of them being perched on the 

 wires in front of my hotel in Sears- 

 mont in Waldo county. On tue 19th 

 two male cow birds were seen in 

 Solon. Also the familiar call Phoebe 

 was heard from a nearby out building. 

 Several Loggerhead shrikes were ob- 

 served from time to time, in our up- 

 per towns on our travels. March 23d 

 was a very rainy, muddy day. On a 

 drive of several miles in Kennebec 

 county we saw an abundance of juncos, 

 tree and song sparrows beside the 

 highways. Very much to our surprise 

 several hermit thrushes were noted be- 

 side the road and at night the peculiar 

 squeak of the woodcock was heard. 

 Flocks of rusty grackles were frequent- 

 ly observed, also their cousins the 

 bronzed and the redwing black birds 

 were common. Swamp sparrows were 

 noted on the 24th in Lincoln county 



