Breezy Point, Warren, N.H. - fourth trip up Mt. Moosilauke
1894
June 26
  Forenoon clear and very warm. A heavy shower at 1.30 P.M.
followed by light rain which continued until after dark.
  We started up the mountain at 7.30 this morning, Faxon
walking I riding with Mr. Merrill. We both took guns
with the intention of shooting a few Bicknell's Thrushes
but the trip resulted in total failure. It was nearly
ten o'clock when we reached the crest of the mountain
and began the toilsome work of pushing our way through
the matted balsams. Faxon went down the slope at
the head of the Jobildunk Ravine. I kept along the
ridge above the spring. F. heard a good many
Bicknell's Thrushes calling, I heard only three in all. Neither
of us got so much as a glympse at a high bird nor did
we hear any sing. We might as well have left our guns
at home for we did not fire a shot. I found a
Thrush's nest unquestionably belonging to T. bicknelli in a low
spreading balsam near the crest of the ridge. It was scarce two
feet above the ground on a stout lateral branch close against
the main stem which curved out directly over it [diagram]
shielding it very effectively from the weather. Although evidently
a new nest it was dismantled the lining having been lately
pulled out by something. It was largely composed of green
moss and in every way closely resembled the nest with
eggs that I took on the 22nd.
[margin]T. a. bickenelli[/margin]
  On this ridge I heard, besides a Bicknell's Thrush, two Yellow-
bellied Flycatchers calling pe-e anxiously, a Winter Wren singing,
Juncos, White-throats, Black-poll and Yellow-rumped Warblers in
some numbers over what I think were White-winged Crossbills.
The walking was both difficult & dangerous owing to the moss-
covered holes among the boulders & the matted growth of Balsams.