1905.
May 3
(No 2)
  There were only a few birds (mostly Chippies & White-throats)
near the farm house but in the woods near Pulpit Rock
I found an interesting lot of freshly arrived migrants
including a Redstart (in full song), a Black & Yellow warbler (silent male), a
Nashville Warbler (silent male), a Solitary Vireo (in full song), a Yellow rump,
three Usnea Warblers (males, all in full song), a Black-throated Green Warbler (male in full song)
a  Black-throated Blue Warbler (male in full song) and - most unexpected of all -
a Great Crested Flycatcher. The last named bird flew up
from a pool in the swamp where he had evidently been
bathing. After shaking the water from his drenched plumage
he called a few times. Unlike most of his kind he was
very tame permitting me to approach within six or eight yards.
I doubt if he was the bird that breeds in our orchard
but he may have been. (He must have been the same for he was
in the same woods on the 4 and in the orchard near the nest on the 5th).
  I found a Blue Jay's nest on the south side of Ball's Hill
this morning. It was in an unusual situation near the
end of a long, densely-foliaged, horizontal white pine
branch about 20 ft. above the ground. Both birds were
flitting close about it and one of them spent a
minute or more in it, slowly turning around & around
apparently to smooth the lining. They were both silent.
  Heard two Ruby-crowned Kinglets singing and saw a
third which uttered the dry, stuttering chatter, The song
of this species may be characterized as brilliant yet ethical 
or spiritual, exceedingly rapid yet smooth & flowing. It
is sometimes loud and ringing, sometimes rather low &
subdued.