Bird Observations 



May ii, igo8. I saw eleven species 

 and heard the water thrush. 



May 2j, igo8. Noted fifty-one species 

 of birds: Wood thrush, bluebird, robin, 

 northern yellow-throated, redstart and yel- 

 low warblers, Baltimore and orchard 

 orioles, song, field, vesper and grasshopper 

 sparrows, Dickcissel, goldfinch, scarlet 

 tanager, redwing, yellow-headed blackbird, 

 grackle, cowbird, flicker, red-headed wood- 

 pecker, indigo bird, red-eyed vireo, war- 

 bling vireo, barn and cave swallows, mar- 

 tin, brown thrasher, catbird, house wren, 

 blue jay, cedar bird, coot, bittern, black 

 tern, bobolink, phoebe, kingbird, crested 

 flycatcher, pewee, meadow lark, shore 

 lark, kingfisher, swift, mourning warbler, 

 mourning dove, rose-breasted grosbeak, 

 veery, chewink, nighthawk, oven bird. 



May 13, igog. Thirteen warblers, 

 myrtle, magnolia, Tennessee, black- 

 throated green, black-throated blue, black 

 and white, Blackburnian, yellow, redstart, 

 golden-winged, oven bird, chestnut-sided 

 and Cape May. On May 14, 1909, four- 

 teen warblers, same as preceding except 

 myrtle and golden-winged, with parula, 

 water thrush and Nashville added. 



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