Concord, Mass.
1910
June 26
(No 5)
[June 26, 1910]

Two Robins lay second clutches in nests in which they reared young this season.

  Both robins were sitting on the nests under the
eaves on the front of our house at the same time
this morning. I saw one relining its nest about a week
ago but if the other has made similar repairs to hers
they have escaped my notice. When I looked into the
nests (by the aid of a small mirror on a pole) yesterday
or the day before there were four eggs in one and three
in the other. The birds are a good deal disturbed by
our comings & goings past the house and in & out the
front door but they settle in the nests soon after
sunset and do not seem to mind the lights after
dark although the chamber windows are very near
these nests (within a few feet). As I have previously
noted full broods of young were reared in these nests
earlier in the season & the old birds are now sitting
on their second clutches. I see only a very few young about
the place, never more than 2 or 3 at any one time.