Lancaster, Worcester County, Mass.
1900.
October 14.
  Lunched with John Thayer to-day. He tells me
that in this town he took last year a nest & 8 eggs
of Dendroica caerulescens. The nest was in mountain laurel.
He finds several nests of Buteo pensylvanicus every season. They
are placed in chestnuts, usually, & rather low down. Buteo borealis
breeds commonly also but is less numerous than Buteo lineatus.
Dendroica discolor is a very common breeder & I saw several
Lancaster-taken nests
  Thayer has a fine Golden Eagle which was taken alive
at Andover Maine. He also showed me a nest & 2 eggs
of Picoides americanus which he collected at B. Pond, Maine
in 1898. The nest closely resembles vines the stump
being that of a dead red spruce & very rough or fuzzy inside.
Golden
Eagle
October 15
  While driving about Lancaster to-day I saw several
flocks of Bluebirds, a large flock of Robins, a flock of
about 12 Cedar birds, a Winter Wren, a Grass Finch, many
Juncos & White-throated Sparrows, Song Sparrows etc.
Small birds
October 16
  At about noon today with the sun shining brightly
we were driving through oak woods when a Barred Owl
flew from a tree near the road & alighted a little further
in sitting erect & staring at us until we were tired of staring
at him.
Barred
Owl
active at
noon in
bright sun
  During this drive I also saw a Sapsucker &
many common birds. Near the house Meadow Larks
were in nearly full song this morning. At noon I
saw an Osprey hovering over the Nashua River which
at this point is no larger than the Assabet at Concord.
Saw another Grass Finch this morning.
Meadow
Larks in
full song.
Fish Hawk
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