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Spring and early summer.
Concord, Mass.
1913

39 Warbling Vireo. Arrived May 6 [May 6, 1913] at Concord village where a few continue
to breed. Heard one singing at the Farm on May 14 [May 14, 1913] and again on June 28 [June 28, 1913],
in trees overhanging the road there.

40 Cedar Waxwing. First noted May 20 [May 20, 1913] in orchard at Farm after all the apple trees
had shed their blossoms. Through remainder of month and the start of June they
were seen every few days in pairs or from 3 to 6 together oftenest near our house
but occasionally in fir or oak woods at Ball's Hill, Pine Hill or Pulpit Rock.
Without doubt they bred in our neighborhood although I have yet to find
a nest there. On June 10 [June 10, 1913] I saw two perched very near together in an oak picking
insects of some kind from its leaves and passing them back and forth from bill
to bill many times after their pretty custom. By June 10 [June 10, 1913] they began eating
the ripening cherries in our orchard and kept at it as long as they could.

41. Purple Martin. Arrived April 26 [April 26, 1913] (S.O. Dexter [Smith Owen Dexter]) at Concord village where
upwards of thirty pairs assembled later to breed in a bird house put up
last year on Nashawtuck Hill by Mr. Parker and occupied that season by
only three or four pairs. I saw only English Sparrows about Cap. Dakin's
bird houses when passing his place on June 29 [June 29, 1913]. At the farm and at
Ball's Hill I saw or heard Martins rather frequently in May and June -
much more so, in fact, than for several years past.

42. Eave Swallow. At the farm I saw one on May 8 [May 8, 1913], two on June 23 [June 23, 1913]
and two on July 2 [July 2, 1913]; at Ball's Hill I heard one on May 9 [May 9, 1913] and saw another
on June 21 [June 21, 1913]. The two seen on June 23 [June 23, 1913] appeared late in the afternoon
close about the bungalow farm and separately flew up under its wide
projecting eaves to cling for a moment against its shingled walls as
if seeking a nesting place there.

43 Barn swallow. Arrived April 15 [April 15, 1913]. Scarcer than ever before. A pair relined nest
in our Bungalow barn but deserted it before laying. About 6 pairs in W.C. Daren's
barn June 1 [June 1, 1913]. Brood of 4 young on telephone wire opposite Rudolph Peterson's barn
June 30 [June 30, 1913]. Lawrence's barn apparently [?] [?].