Cambridge, Mass
1902
August
(No 7) 
Garden Birds
  18. Quiscalus quiscalus aeneus. - Single birds appeared on the lawn or
at the pond every few days. On the evening of
the 30th a flock of 12 birds and another of 15,
passed over the Garden flying westward.
  19. Cyanocitta cristata. - Walter Dean heard a Jay in the Garden
on the 3rd and two birds screaming there at
the same moment on the 6th. On the 12th
I heard one in the lindens.
  20. Corvus americanus. - The only Crow mentioned in our Garden
notes for the month is one that Walter Dean
saw on the 19th. I am very sure, however,
that I heard birds coming overland or in the
distance on several occasions.
  21. Tyrannus tyrannus. - Five flying low over the Garden on the 22nd
   22. Contopus virens. - One singing in the Gardens on the 5th
and another on the 27th. On the 21st I heard
one in Dr. Wyman's willows and on the 24th
one in the pines on the Smith place (Brattle Street).
  23. Trochilus colubris. - Noted only on the 2nd, 7th, 9th & 12th
- a single white-throated bird on each occasion
I cannot understand why so few Hummers have
visited us this summer. The Garden is filled
with the flowers they like best & I hear that
they have been numerous elsewhere in the
neighborhood of Cambridge. I saw two in
the Fresh Pond swamps on the 27th.
  24. Chaetura pelagica. - Seen flying over the garden later in the
afternoon of nearly every day throughout the month
Ordinarily only two or three were seen but 8 appeared
together on the 15th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd.
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