1903
May 15.
  Clear & warm with light W. to N.W. wind. Ther. rose to 80 degrees
  The heaviest flight of migrants thus far this month 
reached here this morning. Not that it was in any way
remarkable save by comparison with the birdless days that
have preceded it. I noted the following species for the first time
  Dendroica striata. male singing in elms near house at 8 A.M.
  Seiurus novaboracensis.- Two at Davis Hill, one in full song.
  Vireo olivaceous.- One singing in orchard at farm, another at Ball's Hill.
  Contopus virens.- One singing on Davis Hill.
  Chordeiles virginianus.- One flying high over field in front
of farm house at evening, peeping.
Arrivals
 Brown Thrashers have been nearly silent the past few
days but I heard one singing well near Bensen's this morning.
It imitated the bob-white of a Quail perfectly repeating 
it several times in the course of two or three minutes.
  A pair of Towhees have evidently settled to breed
in the thickets near the oak grove behind our barn. 
I saw them together there this morning & have heard
the male singing for the past three or four days.