1905
May 23
  Clear with strong, chill N.E. wind. Warmer last night the
minimum registry being 48 degrees. Maximum today 68 degrees.
  The flood of north-bound migrants ebbs but slowly.
It is evident that numbers of them pass on their way every
night (at least the past two nights) but their places are nearly
made good by new arrivals. At least this is the inference I 
get from the close watch that I have been keeping on the
woods in this neighborhood the past three or four days. Although
I noted no new species this morning the personnel of the
big flock in the Barrett woods had evidently changed somewhat 
since yesterday. Thus there were more Black and Yellow Warblers,
fewer Canadian Warblers and almost no Usnea Warblers and 
Nashville Warblers. The Redstarts, Blackburnians and Olive-
backed Thrushes remained about the same and I saw
the same number of Bay-breasts (ie two in the farm woods.
I spent the entire morning in the Barrett Run, in the
old oak woods between this run and Benson's Cove, and
in the pine woods north of Pulpit Rock also visiting
Birch Field and Prescott's Pines. Despite the chill
and rather strong N.E. wind the birds were very
generously distributed and apparently in the best of 
spirit for they sang unceasingly. I thought I saw a 
Tennessee Warbler in the top of a tall oak but could not
make sure.
  About 8 o'clock on the night of the 18th as it was
raining heavily I heard the lisping calls of Warblers
passing overhead and on the previous night (17th) when
it was cloudy but not rainy I heard one such 
call. This establishes the fact that even on these
apparently unfavorable nights migration was in progress.