Concord, Mass
1910.
May 18-19
(No 2)

Birds noted on Barrett Farm just before it was sprayed

Census of birds at the Farm

  1. Merula migratoria. - About 8 pairs. Five new nests one
on house, four in apple trees (1 with young 1 with 2 eggs )
  2.  Galeoscoptes carolinensis. - One singing in shrubbery front of
house 18th the pair together in garden, 19th
  3. Harporhynchus rufus. - One singing in second growth
behind old barn (near hen house)
  4. Siala sialis. - One in field across road where I think
there is a nest in the box in old apple tree.
  5. Parus atricapillus. - One whistling phoebe in orchard
  6. Sitta carolinsensis.- Pair feeding young in nest in hole
in big elm front of old barn.
  7. Mniotilta varia. - Two singing along wood edges.
  8. Helminthophila chrysoptera.- One singing in Berry Pasture
on afternoon of 18th. (Possibly migrant)
  9. Compsothlypis a. usnea. - One singing in oaks near old
barn. (doubtless a migrant).
  10. Dendroica aestiva. - Two males singing near house on
morning of 19th, one afternoon of 18th.
  11. Dendroica maculosa. - One singing in the Run on 18th
& 19th (a migrant, of course).
  12. Dendroica Pennsylvanica. - One singing behind barn,
another on edge of lane.
  13. Dendroica blackburniae. - One singing near Pulpit
Rock on 18 (doubtless a settled bird)
  14. Dendroica virens. - Two singing along wood edges.
  15. Seurius aurocapillus.- Two singing in woods.