Birds in our Garden, Cambridge.
AUGUST [August 1915]
1. Screech Owl August 3: red ad. [adult] birch grove
2. Goldfinch August 4: call note heard; August 6: ad. [adult males] (sunflowers); August 7: [male] ad. [adult] ([sunflowers]); August 21: [male] ad. [adult] [sunflowers]; August 27: [adult male sunflowers] [?]; August 28: Call hd. [heard]
3. Rose br. Grosbeak [Rose-breasted Grosbeak] August 4: [call note heard]
4. Robin August 5: 3 adults on lawn; August 6: 1 on lawn; August 7: 1 ad. [adult]; August 11: 1 ad. [adult] (lawn); August 20: 10+; August 21: 6; August 22: 3 ad [adult]; August 27: 5+; August 29: 1
5. Blue Jay August 5: 2 [singing]; August 6: 2 [singing]; August 7: 1; August 11: 1; August 20: 2; August 21: 5 [in a flock]; August 27: 2 [in a flock]; August 28: 2
6. House Sp. [House Sparrow] August 4: 3; August 5: 3; August 6: 4; August 7: 4; August 11: 3; August 12: 4; August 27: 5 [in a flock]; August 28: 5
7 Chippy [Chipping Sparrow]August 5: 1 ad. [adult] worn plumage, on ground, Brattle St.; August 6 : 1 ad [adult] 2 juv. [juveniles] lawn; August 7: 1 juv. [juvenile]
8 Swift August 7: 2 [in a flock] at eve.; August 10: hd [heard] at eve.; August 11: 25+ [in a flock] at great height - 4.30 P.M.; August 12: hd [heard] at eve.; August 20: hd [heard] at eve. [evening]; August 21: 10+[heard at evening]; August 27: 20 [in a flock] C [Caroline Brewster] at eve. [evening] circling & feeding evidently not migrating.; August 29: 2 at eve. [evening]
9 Grackle August 7: [female] ad. [adult]; August 10: [female] ad. [adult]; August 21: hd. [heard]; August 29: hd. [heard]
10 Yellow Warbler August 8: [male] juv. [juvenile] in lilacs
11 Flicker August 8: 1 [in weak song]; August 12: 1; August 20: [male] ad. [adult]; August 21: 1; August 27: 1
12 Barn Swallow August 7: hd. [heard]; August 8: hd [heard]
13 King bird August 8: hd [heard]
14 Great Blue Heron August 10: 1 [in flight] flying S.W. [southwest] at very great height at 5.30 P.M.
15 Red-eyed Vireo August 11: 1 [in weak song] singing odd notes sotto voce; August 12: 1 [in weak song]; August 21: 1 [in weak song]; August 27: 1 [in weak song];
16 Hummingbird August 11: 1 w.th. [white throat] seen by Percy Harris
17 Water Thrush August 20: 1; August 27: 1
18 Baltimore Oriole August 20: 3 juv. aut pl [juveniles in autumn plumage] in Jungle; August 21: 2 juv. [juveniles in autumn plumage in Jungle]; August 27: 1 juv. [juvenile]
19 Downy W. [Downy Woodpecker] August 21: hd [heard]; August 27: hd [heard]
20 Bay breast Warbler [Bay-breasted Warbler] August 27:6 [in a flock] in birches(1 ad. fall pl [adult male in fall plumage] 5 young [fall plumage]); August 28: 3 [in a flock]
21 [Canadian Warbler] August 27:1 juv. [juvenile] in thicket behind Museum;
22 Black & White [Black and White Warbler] August 27: [female]; August 28: [female]
23 Yellow-bellied Fly. [Yellow-bellied Flycatcher] August 27: 1 not quite certainly iden [identified]
24 Starling Aug 27: 100+ [in a flock], 3 [in a flock] flying W. [west] at 4 P.M.
25 Sparrow hawk August 27: 1 [in flight]