Bethel
Nocturnal flight of Thrushes
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, Sept. 5, 1915 [September 5, 1915] Wea [Weather] 
Flood of migrant Warblers. Fine
Brilliantly clear & just pleasingly warm
with little or no wind stirring.
  Leaving house about 10.30 A.M. the Doctor,
Henry & I had a delightful woodland stroll,
first to the Shack, thence to Rose Meadow, back
past Chalet & thro. [through] flower garden. Rarely if
ever have I seen within an equal space of time
and area so many Warblers of so many
different species. They occurred by hundreds if not
thousands in the gray birches about the Shack
being distributed throughout the length & breadth of
this cover so abundantly that scores were in 
sight at once wherever we went. Nor were they any
less numerous in the swampy birch thickets
just to the eastward of our house where I had 
them under close observation much of P.M.
Elsewhere they were omnipresent but much less
plentiful especially among dense evergreens.
Altogether I identified 20 species viz the
Nashville [Nashville Warbler], Tennessee [Tennessee Warbler], Orange-crown [Orange-crowned Warbler], Usnea [Usnea Warbler], Black &
White Creeping [Black and White Warbler], Cape May [Cape May Warbler], Bay-breast [Bay-breasted Warbler], Magnolia [Magnolia Warbler],
Chestnut sided [Chestnut-sided Warbler], Yellow rump [Yellow-rumped Warbler], Black thr. Green [Black-throated Green Warbler],
Blackburnian [Blackburnian Warbler], Black-poll [Blackpoll Warbler] (only 1) Mourning [Mourning Warbler] (but 1)
Maryland Yellow-throat, Oven bird, Water Thrush,
Canadian [Canadian Warbler], Wilson's Black-cap [Wilson's Warbler], & Redstart.
The bulk of the flight was evidently composed of
Bay-breasts [Bay-breasted Warbler] of which I identified at least 25
& probably saw upwards of 100. Tennessee Warblers
came next in numbers about a dozen being
certainly recognized & perhaps thrice as many
seen. It was slow & difficult work sensing
absolute identification because of the bewildering
number of the birds, their excessive restlessness,
the density of the foliage & the comparatively
limited time I could give to the scrutiny without
delaying my companions. In P.M. I had a
better chance in every way for the birds came out
into full view along the thicket edges as I sat on
the piazza watching them. Spent evening in
lounge. At 11 P.M. as I walked back to my room
Thrushes were calling incessantly overhead. They were 
mostly Olive backs [Olive-backed Thrush] I thought.

Bethel.
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, Sept. 6, 1915 [September 6, 1915] Wea [Weather] 
Dull.
Thin cloudy with occasional light showers.
Light winds at first easterly, then southerly.
  Spent forenoon on piazza or near it talking
with Dr. Breed & Mr. Howe. Also strolled down
street with Henry to buy a few things at
Ceylon Rowe's. He, poor man, has recently lost
a leg from gangrene. In P.M. Henry & I
walked to Shack & half around mill pond
where we saw 2 Nighthawks feeding on wing.
In Shack woods we came upon a flock of over
200 Warblers mostly Yellow rumps [Yellow-rumped Warbler] & Black-
throated Greens [Black-throated Green Warbler] with a sprinkling of other kinds
including a few Bay-breasts [Bay-breasted Warbler], Tennessee [Tennessee Warbler], Magnolia [Magnolia Warbler]
& one striata [Dendroica striata]. Among low, planted spruces on the
common we saw 2 [female] Cape May Warblers & 
not less than 6 others in a row of balsam
bordering on flower garden near house. Also
saw a young [male] Cape May [Cape May Warbler] in Shack woods.
Yesterday evening counted 102 Chippies [Chipping Sparrow] feeding
on our lawn & heard of 200+ on Bethel Inn
lawn. There were about 30 on forum lawn
this evening. Heard Crested Flycatcher &
Rose br. Grosbeak [Rose-breasted Grosbeak] calling.
  Called on the Herricks at 8.30 P.M. &
spent an hour there. Henry & I talked with
Doctor later in lounge. To bed at 11.15