1894.
June 29
(No 2)
Breezy Point, Warren, N.H.
[margin]Woodstock
road[/margin]
the woods but for half-a-mile or more further
on most of the large trees – especially the spruces –
had been cut for a distance of one hundred yards
or so in on both sides and dense thickets of
young maples and birches had grown up through
and among the fallen logs and dry spruce
tops which rendered walking almost impossible.
The clearing and the partially cleared sides
of the road supplied an ideal nesting ground
for Mourning Warblers and I have [never] seen these
birds more plentiful, even on Mt. Greylock, while
their numbers exceeded anything that I have ever
hitherto observed in northern New England. There
were indeed so many that it was difficult
to count them but as nearly as we could make
out we heard, in all, eleven different males.
We spent an hour or more searching for their
nests but without success.
[margin]Typical
breeding ground
of G. philadelphia[/margin]
  Birds of all kinds that one would expect to
find in such a place were also exceptionally
numerous along this bit of road. We heard no less
than four Rose breasted Grosbeaks and at least
five White-bellied Nuthatches, Swainson's Thrushes,
White-throated Sparrows, Black-throated Blue &
Canadian Warblers were simply swarming. We
saw a pair of Cooper's Hawks, two Hummingbirds, &
a pair of Olive-sided Flycatchers – all three new
to our list. There were several Wood Pewees, two
Chebecs, a family of Phoebees, a Traill's Flycatcher,
a Great-crested Flycatcher & the two Olive-sides all
in sight or hearing at practically one time & place
[margin]A Flycatcher
paradise[/margin]