Indigo Bird
[margin]May 14, 1865[/margin]
  Saw two males
  Redstart
[margin]May 14, 1865[/margin]
  D. saw one
  Cherry Birds
[margin]May 18,1865[/margin]
  There was a large flock
in our yard.
  Scarlet Tanager
[margin]June 1, 1865[/margin]
  Pyranga Rubra
  Saw a male and a 
female; we heard them 
make no noise.
  Great Horned Owl
[margin]June 3, 1865[/margin]
  Saw one in a large
swamp, it made a
noise like the barking
of a small dog only
only much hoarser, I understand
that another boy found
the nest, it was
placed in the high
crotch of a pine and
contained 5 young
birds.