Cambridge, Mass.
1908
June 1
to
July 6
  The following list is based on observations made
at our place in Cambridge June 1-9, 18, 20-22, 28-30
and July 1- . It includes all the species noted on these
dates within sight and hearing of our house, chiefly in the
garden and the lindens or in Hubbard Park.
Birds noted in & near our Garden
  Merula migratoria. - Only one pair established in
our grounds in May and early June. I did not find their
nest but I saw young only just able to fly about June 20.
Our cherry trees fruited heavily this summer but they
failed to attract Robins in large numbers. Indeed I did
not once see more than eight or ten birds in them. This
was the first week of July at which time two Robins
were singing within hearing of our house. As far as I
can judge the number of Robins has been much smaller
than usual everywhere in the Brattle Street Region but
C. F. Batchelder tells me they have been exceptionally
abundant along Kirkland Street. In May he & his boys
found seven nests, six of which certainly had eggs, within
the limits of his own grounds.
  Dendroica aestiva. A male singing daily in our
garden and another near Mrs. Scudder's on Buckingham Street
were the only ones heard by me anywhere in Cambridge.
One bird had a mate whom I saw frequently in the
lilacs and occasionally bathing in the pond. No doubt they
had a nest somewhere in our shrubbery but I did not
find it, nor did I see or hear anything of their young so
I fear they failed to rear any this season.