1903.
May 11
  Clear & hot with light S. W. wind. Ther. rose to 80 degrees.
  Arrivals: - Baltimore Oriole 1 male in full song in orchard at the Farm, 7.30 - 11 A.M.
  Great Crested Flycatcher 1 in full song in orchard at the Farm, 7.30- 11 A.M.
  Redstart. - 1 male in full song near the farm house 11 A.M. - 1 P.M.
  Rose breasted Grosbeak 1 male in full song near the farm house 6 A.M.
  Scarlet Tanager 1 male in full song in woods near Pulpit Rock.
  The Great Crested Flycatcher was very noisy & unusually tame. As
I was watching him he flew to the apple tree where the pair
reared a brood last summer and alighted within two feet of
the entrance to the nest remaining there a minute or more.
The Bluebirds have young in the box on the shed. I saw the male
feeding them this noon. He has not sung at all freely for a week or more.
  Visited the Cooper's Hawk nest at 8 A.M. taking my 12 g. gun.
The male started from a pine about 30 yds. from the nest and circled around 
me flying from tree to tree & repeatedly coming within long gun range but
keeping behind trees & branches whenever he alighted. I trampled noisily
under the nest but nothing stirred there. Just after passing it I looked
back & saw the head of the female just showing above the edge. The next
instant she flew & I fired but apparently without injuring her much
although I cut a feather from one of her wings. She went straight
off & then rose to a great height where she sailed about in wide
circles. After taking a long walk (to Davis Hill & Pine Ridge) I
returned. As I neared the nest I saw the male Hawk gliding
just above the trees but the female was apparently absent. I secreted
myself & waited patiently for more than an hour. During
this time I repeatedly heard one of the Hawks call kek
in the pines behind me but I did not see either of them
again. I have noticed that when flying just at a moderate