92 MICHIGAN SURVEY, 1908. 



The Song Sparrow and Grinnel's Water Thrusli were also seen along 

 the shore. 



The American Merganser, Loon, and Eagle nested in the neighborhood. 

 Three different families of Mergansers Avere seen on the lake. One consist- 

 ed of a female and three young, but I did not get close enough to the other 

 two flocks to count them. When first observed, these tvvo flocks were to- 

 gether, but they separated when we rowed toward them. Two young 

 Loons in the down were seen August 30. An Eagle's nest composed 

 of sticks was found about 125 yards north of the lake, on top of a 

 dead pine which was at least sixty feet high. The nest was four feet 

 in diameter, and contained one young bird nearly ready to fly. 



.'i. Biiriiiiig West of Outlet to ^iisl-oirit Lake {Station T. 9). 



Here the original forest had all been bui'nt away and was only 

 partially replaced by a second growth of birch, mountain ash, aspen, 

 wild cherry, June berry, and northern maple. Between the trees the 

 ground was covered with grass, currants, fire weed and other plants. 



The stream that formed the outlet of Siskowit Lake formed the east- 

 ern boundary of the burning. The birds found in this partial clear- 

 ing were as follows: Purple Pinch, Cedar Waxwing, Hawk Owl, White- 

 throated Sparrow, Chickadee, Eedstart, Myrtle 'S^'arbler, Flicker, Eed- 

 eyed Vireo, Black and White Warbler, Xash^ille "\^'arbler. Sharp-tailed 

 Grouse, W^ater Thrush, Olive-sided Flycatcher, ('hipping Sparrow and 

 Song Sparrow. 



The Hawk Owl bred some place near here, as a. young bird with only 

 down on its head was taken August 4. This owl was seen flying around 

 the clearing in the middle of the day and in the bright sunlight. The 

 young bird was quite tame, or rather it was ignorant of the ways of 

 man. It flew fromi one dead stub to another uttering a peculiar screech 

 a.« it flew. The old bird was seen about a quarter of a mile away on the 

 top of a dead tree, but was wary and flew away. 



Along the stream tliere were several dead trees still standing, and 

 on these trees eight to ten or more Myrtle Warblers were seen 

 many times. These warblers sat om the limbs and watched for flies 

 like flycatchers, and ever\' few minutes the snap of a bill sounded 

 the death note of some unfortunate insect. They did not sit in one 

 • place as long as a. flycatcher does, but on the other hand they were not 

 constantly in motion like most warblers. 



Very little can be said about the other birds that were seen here. 

 The Purple Finch and Cedar ^^'axwing fed on ' the berries here, and 

 a Grouse was taken with berries and grasshoppers in its crop. The 

 Water Thrush was seen near the lake and stream. 



5. Long cmd Menagerie Islands {Station V, 10). 



These two long narrow rocky islands were on the south side of Sis- 

 kowit Bay about three miles from the mainland. Long Island was 

 covered with trees except for a wide belt along the shore which was 

 washed clean by the waters. Menagerie Island, on which the light- 

 house was situated, had very few trees on it, as the top was barely 

 out of the reach of the waves in severe storms. 



