Concord, Mass.
1905
June 8
  As I was standing in front of the barn
at the Ritchie place about half past five this
afternoon a female Hummingbird passed me flying
only a few feet above the ground in long, easy
undulations. On reaching a low, spreading, isolated
apple tree that grows on the crest of the hill in
open, cultivated ground she made an abrupt
upward turn and disappeared among the foliage.
If I was not mistaken she turned not only
upward but also doubled back
for she seemed to have passed completely under
the tree before she changed her course. I have
seen this done before & I at once suspected
a nest which I quickly found, saddled on
one drooping twig of the tree about 7 feet above
the ground. The bird flew from it when I 
was still ten yards away and when I got
under it she darted about my head coming
within three or four feet of my face and
making a loud angry buzzing with her wings
which sounded exactly like that of an
enraged Bumble Bee. There were two eggs which
looked as if they were rather far advanced in
incubation. There were a pair of Hummers about
the farm house in May but I have seen none
there of late. The last bird I saw was a
female feeding among the blossoms of a horse
chestnut at the Ritchie place.
Hummingbird's nest.