12
Concord, Mass.
Spring and early summer.
1913.

8. Bluebird. - There seemed to be at least twice as many Bluebirds
as there were last year. During automobile rides in May & June
I saw them in about every orchard by the roadsides.
A pair nested successfully, I believe, in the box in the apple tree
near our well here at the farm and another pair certainly
reared young in the pole box in Bensen's pasture where there
was a nest last year.

9. Ruby-crowned Kinglet. - A male singing in the lawn at the Farm
on April 18 [April 18, 1913] and a bird chattering in lush grass at Ball's Hill on the 22nd [April 22, 1913].

10. Golden-crested Kinglet. - Scarce. Noted on March 19 [March 19, 1913] and April 7 [April 7, 1913], 
10 [April 10, 1913], &11 [April 11, 1913] - a single bird each time - in full song on April 11th [April 11, 1913].

11. Chickadee. - Apparently scarcer than usual. I saw very few
but at the height of the singing season (April 15 - May 5) as
many as three males were sometimes heard whistling in the
course of a morning. No nests found. Birds in ragged, shabby 
plumage and uttering low wheezy calls after June 1 [June 1, 1913]. They seldom visited
the suet in front of our house, even in March.