Seasons of Birds 

 MAY 15 TO JUNE I 



\ Increased numbers of foregoing group; Yellow-bellied Fly- 

 catcher, Mocking-bird, Summer Tanager ; and the Blackburnian, 

 the Blackpoll, the Worm-eating, the Hooded, Wilson's Black- 

 capped, and the Canadian Warblers. 



JUNE, JULY, AUGUST 



In June few species of birds are not nesting; in July they 

 may rove about more or less with their increased families, search- 

 ing for their favorite foods; August finds them moulting and mop- 

 ing in silence, but toward the end of the month, thoughts of 

 returning southward set them astir again. 



AUGUST 15 TO SEPTEMBER 1 5 



bobolink, Cliff Swallow, Scarlet Tanager, Yellow-bellied 

 Flycatcher, Purple Martin; the Blackburnian, the Worm-eating, 

 the Bay-breasted, the Chestnut-sided, the Hooded, the Mourning, 

 Wilson's Black-capped, and the Canadian Warblers; Baltimore 

 Oriole, Humming-bird. 



SEPTEMBER 15 TO OCTOBER 1 



increased numbers of foregoing group ; Wilson's Thrush, 

 W^od Thrush, Kingbird, Wood Pewee, Crested Flycatcher; the 

 Least, the Olive-sided, and the Acadian Flycatchers; the Marsh 

 Wrens, the Cuckoos, Whippoorwill, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 

 Orchard Oriole, Indigo Bird; the Warbling, the Solitary, and 

 the Yellow-throated Vireos; the Black-and-white Creeping, the 

 Golden-winged, the Yellow, and the Black-throated Blue War- 

 blers; Maryland Yellowthroat, Yellow-breasted Chat, Redstart. 



OCTOBER I TO 15 



Increased numbers of foregoing group; Hermit Thrush, Cat- 

 bird, House Wren, Ovenbird, the Water Thrushes, the Red-eyed 

 and the White-eyed Vireos, Wood Pewee, Nighthawk, Chimney 

 Swift, Cowbird, Horned Lark, Winter Wren, Junco; the Tree, 

 the Vesper, the White-throated, and the Grasshopper Sparrows; 

 the Blackpoll, the Parula, the Pine, the Yellow Palm, and the 

 Prairie Warblers; Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse. 



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