Bethel, Maine.
1904.
Feb. 12 - 29
  1. Parus atricapillus. - February 13: 3 in a flock; February 14: 1, Woods or grouds near Dr. Gehring's; February 16: 1, Woods or grouds near Dr. Gehring's; February 18: 4 in a flock, Woods or grouds near Dr. Gehring's; February 21: heard, Woods or grouds near Dr. Gehring's; February 23: 4 in a flock, Woods or grouds near Dr. Gehring's; February 25: 1; February 27: 5 in a flock (2 in full song) Wood Road; February 29: 19 in a flock c. Dr. Gehring's woods, eating buds of larch, picking them into shreds & dropping long, thin shreds just as the Redpolls do.
  2. Regulus satrapa. - February 26: 1 alone - Pine Hill; February 28: 1 alone - arbor vitae swamp, Glen Woods trail.
  3. Lanius borealis. - February 14: 1 very brown bird in dense woods up Wood Road; February 24: 1 perched on larch tip 50 yards fr. edge of Dr. G's Field
  4. Sitta carolinensis. - February 22: 1 heard in elms over village street near Miss (?).
  5. Pinicola canadensis. - February 12: 1 red male, 3 gray Dr. G's orchard eating frozen apples; February 13: 12 in a flock eating larch buds; February 15: 2 red, 10 gray in a flock Dr. G's orchard 8 A.M., 1 red, 7 gray in a flock Dr. G's orchard 3 P.M.; February 16: 5 red males, 5 gray birds in a flock, Dr. G's orchard; February 17: 4 in a flock, Dr. G's orchard; February 18: 6 gray in a flock 8 A.M., 1 red 7 gray in a flock 9 A.M., Dr. G's orchard; February 20: 1 red, 3 gray in a flock, 8 A.M. Dr. G's orchard; February 22: heard; February 23: 4 in a flock, 12 in a flock Dr. G's orchard; February 26: 6 in a flock, Dr. G's orchard (Stephens); February 27: 4 red, 5 gray in a flock, Dr. G's orchard; February 28: 5 red, 9 gray in a flock 8 A.M. Dr. G's orchard, 3 red, 3 gray in a flock 4 P.M.; February 29: 4 in a flock Miss (?) Preston
  6. Acanthis linaria. - February 14: 25 in a flock eating seeds alder & gray birch; February 15: 20+ in a flock eating larch buds; February 15: 5 in a flock eating alder seeds; February 17: 20 in a flock all white breasts; February 18: 30 in a flock, 20 in a flock 1 rosy breast, 15 in a flock; February 19: 82 in a flock c. 4 rosy breasts; February 20: 9 in a flock 1 rosy breast; February 22: 3 in a flock gray breast; February 23: 20 in a flock; February 24: 100 in a flock es., 9 in a flock c.; February 25: heard; February 26: heard; February 27: heard; February 28: 62 in a flock c.; February 29: heard
  7. Plectrophena nivalis. - February 12: flock of about 12 seen on intervale near Ryerson's by Meglen.
  8. Passer domesticus. - February 12: 12 in a flock, 15 in a flock, 8 in a flock, 6 in a flock near railway station & in lower part of village.
  9. Cyanocitta cristata. - February 23: 2 heard screaming edge of our clearing; February 27: 2 seen in wood road (1 mile or more apart) pecking at horse dropping in Wood Road.
  10. Dryobates villosus. - February 19: Dr. G's orchard. Male eating pulp from apple, the Wood Road 1 mile from Dr. G's; February 21: 1 in elm. Afterwards in Dr. G's orchard; February 23: Dr. G's woods. Male on gray birch; February 27: male in maple in heart dense woods. Woods near Dr. G's place.; February 28: Dr. G's orchard. Male eating pulp from apple. Dense snow storm at time.
  11. Bonasa u. togata. - February 13: Dr. G's woods. Fresh track seen; February 22: Dr. G's woods. Fresh track seen; February 25: 1 flushed (Stephens); February 26: fresh trail; February 23: fresh trail; February 24: bird started from hole in snow; February 27: Wood Road 1 mile from trail on our place. snow
  12. Hawk - species! February 18: Seen flying just above the tops of some tall dense balsams in the Glen Woods. I saw it scale on set wings across an opening for about 5 yards only. It looks like a male Buteo lineatus or a female B. latissimus but I got no salient points. Probably it was a male Aster atricapillus. Found remains of Partridge killed by a Hawk or Owl in these woods last December.