1909.
May 18
(No 2)
Concord, Mass.
some time in the vain hope that one of them would
go to it I began to look for it among some small
bushy white pines that grow under the oaks. Within
less than a minute I discovered it in one of these 
pines at a height of only about five feet and within
twenty yards of where I had been standing. The light
gray and yellowish coloring of its outer surface and the
shaggy character of the material made it very conspicuous
among the dark green foliage of the pine which was not
dense enough to afford it much concealment. The Jay
might have found it easily enough had he not looked
too high up in the tree. When I passed it on
my way back one of the birds was sitting. I did
not disturb her for the Jay had returned & was screaming not
far off. Solitary Vireos are exceptionally numerous here this
spring. There is one singing at Ball's Hill, another behind Bensen's
& a third near Pulpit Rock. (The nest found today was empty
& deserted when I next visited it on May 26. No doubt the Jays found & robbed it).
Nest of Solitary Vireo
3 eggs