Concord, Mass.
1910.
June 16
(No 2)
[June 16, 1910]

in the nests apparently without ill effects. The only evidence
to the contrary thus far secured is that furnished by a [male] Oriole
which Gilbert found dead in the road in Carlisle under some
trees which had just been sprayed.
  Our three pairs of Orioles at the Farm are all busy now
with the care of their young in the nest. I see the [males] as well
as the [females] bringing food to the young, chiefly small, smooth,
green caterpillars which look like canker worms. The [males] sing
freely when their bills are filled with these.
  The Redstarts have young in the nest on the strawberry apple
tree in the garden. I saw the [male] (a fine adult bird) feed
them this afternoon. (Afterwards (Jun 17, 18) saw this many times.)
  The brood of young Downy Woodpeckers apparently left the nest
in the elms over the shed yesterday or the day before. Gilbert
found the remains of one of the young (fully fledged) under the
tree yesterday morning. One (or both) of the old birds drummed
persistently to-day in the nesting tree & behind the barn. I saw
it only once & then it was the female. I could not find the young.