Peterboro, New Hampshire.
1899.
July & Aug.
[margin]Notes &
Observations 
supplementing
those made
in 1898.[/margin]
  Cyanocitta cristata.- Heard almost daily during July and a 
flock of six seen August 20th.
  Sayornis phoebe.- Last singing July 8
  Empidonax minimus.- Last singing July 6
  Colaptes autatus.- Heard "shouting" daily up to July 28
but during August only on the 2nd & 3rd.
  Coccyzus erythropthalmus. - Song notes heard frequently through
July but in August only on the 3rd 5th & 6th.
  Chordeiles virginianus.- Only one bird observed in July, a [male] booming
over Pack Monadnock on the 17th. In August these birds were
seen migrating southward on the evening of the 17th, two on that
of the 20th, one on that of the 28th. One was also heard
peeping August 18th.
  Circus hudsonius.- My record for the summer is as follows: July 4 [female],
6 [male], 7 [male adult], 28 [female]  August  6 [male] 27 [male.] The bird noted July 6th was flying
over the brook meadow near our house and was in flight continuously
for fifteen minutes. During part of this time she soared in circles
like a Buteo rising to a height of 700 or 800 feet. She also repeatedly
poised for minutes at a time at a height of about 200 feet, breasting
a strong south-west wind and hanging suspended on set wings
without drifting perceptibly but changing the inclination of both wings
and tail continually and occasionally beating her wings. She looked for
all the world like a stuffed bird supported by a wire and was
evidently engaged in scanning the meadow beneath for prey. I
have seen a Marsh Hawk soar before but never poise like a Roughleg
or a Kestrel as this bird was doing.
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