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Up to the present time they have identified the following 

 birds this year: Robin, Bluebird, Gray-cheeked Thrush, 

 Hermit Thrush, Olive-backed Thrush, Veerie, Wood Thrush, 

 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Black- 

 capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nut- 

 hatch, Brown Creeper, Winter Wren, House Wren, Bewick 

 Wren, Brown Thrasher, Catbird, American Redstart, Water 

 Thrush, Oven Bird, Black-throated Green Warbler, Black- 

 poll Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Myrtle Warbler, Black- 

 Throated Blue Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, 

 Worm-eating Warbler, Black and White Warbler, Blue- 

 headed Vireo, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Loggerhead Shrike, 

 Cardinal, Cedar Waxwing, American Goldfinch, Bohemian 

 Waxwing, Baltimore Oriole, Slate-colored Junco, Purple 

 Grackle, Lincoln Sparrow, Rusty Blackbird, Song Sparrow, 

 Chipping Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, 

 Vesper Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Meadow Lark, Blue 

 Jay, Phoebe. 



Daisy Pool Woefel 



Normal 



We have not had as many birds as usual in this region during 

 the winter. 



Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers and Flickers fed on the suet 

 in the yard as usual, also Brown Creepers. We have had more 

 Cardinals than ever. They seem to increase in numbers from 

 year to year. Titmice have been singing since the middle of 

 January. 



Robins were reported three times in January but none in 

 February. Several returned the first week in March. The first 

 Bluebirds were seen the last week in February. One Brown 

 Thrasher was reported in January. 



We have had a number of Fox Sparrows since the seventeen- 

 th of March. We have had a large flock of Cedar Waxwings on 

 the campus since March 23d. They are feeding upon the dried 

 berries of the high bush cranberry shrubs and other seeds. There 

 were twenty-five in the flock yesterday. They roost in a clump 

 of hemlock, spruces and arborvitae. Golden-crowned Kinglets 

 are here now but have not been as numerous during the winter 

 as usual. 



The first Grackles were seen March 10th, Redwings, March 

 24th. 



I am wondering whether the number of Chickadees and 

 White-breasted Nuthatches is on the decrease everywhere. We 

 used to have many of them around every winter. I have not 

 seen any this winter and very few for the last three years. 



Alice Jean Patterson. 



