16 Joint Bulletin 1 



ing in a cedar swamp even this average would have been greatly- 

 reduced. 



In every instance the most favorable territory was selected, open 

 hardwoods, evergreen forests', shrubby pastures, ploughed ground and 

 bush bordered watercourses being visited at different times. Only one 

 tree sparrow was seen between November 22 and the date of writing 

 (March 5) and not a single shrike, pine grosbeak, snow bunting nor 

 goshawk was recorded during the entire winter. The notes of flocks 

 of redpolls, flying high in the air, were twice heard but as the birds 

 were not seen they were not taken into consideration. 



The dates of trips, number of birds seen, distance covered and 

 time spent afield follow: 



December 6: Three miles, out three hours; crows, 2; white- 

 breasted nuthatches, 4; downy woodpeckers, 1; American mergan- 

 sers, 1. 



December 13: Three miles, three hours; crows, 2. 



December 20: Six miles, five hours; ruffed grouse, 3. 



December 25: Three miles, three hours; crows, 8; chickadees, 2. 



January 3: Six miles, eight hours; bluejays, 2; downy wood- 

 peckers, 2; chickadees, 6; red-breasted nuthatches, 2. 



January 10: Sixteen miles, ten hours; ruffed grouse, 4; tree spar- 

 rows, 1; purple finches, 2; crows, 3; white-breasted nuthatches, 2; 

 downy woodpeckers, 3; chickadees, 7. 



January 16: Three miles, two hours; great horned owl, 1. 



January 17: Three miles, three hours; no birds. 



January 30: Three miles, two hours; no birds. 



January 31: Five miles, four hours; *sparrow hawks, 1; tred- 

 headed woodpeckers, 3. 



February 4: Two miles; two hours; no birds. 



February 7: Five miles, three hours; chickadees, 7; hairy wood- 

 peckers, 1; crows, 2. 



February 8: Four miles, two hours; sawwhet owls, 1; white- 

 breasted nuthatches, 1. 



February 14: Five miles, five hours; chickadees, 25; crows, 1; 

 white-breasted nuthatches, 1; ruffed grouse, 3. 



February 19: Four miles, two hours; prairie horned larks, 1. 



February 20: Three miles, two hours; no birds. 



♦Sparrow hawk remained all winter. 



fThree red-headed woodpeckers spent entire winter in beech grove. 



