1906 
May 05
(no 2)
  The preceeding page gives a condensed summary of a 
bird wave remarkable for the unusual variety of species
that appeared here to-day. Most of them were
represented by only one or two individuals each so that
the total number of individuals was not exceptionally
large. The birds, however, were chiefly confined to 
the immediate neighborhood of the farm house where
drifted back and forth from oaks to elms and from
elms to apple trees. I visited the woods several
times during the day going over to Prescott's pines,
and tune to the Ritchie Place but I found birds
scarce everywhere excepting on the hill top where our
farm buildings stand. Here, however, the birds seemed
to be changing from time to time & several
species that were conspicuous in the afternoon were
not present at all I think earlier in the day.
  Thus for this spring the different species
have nearly all been represented by only a few
individuals, at least on their first appearance.
  Of our local summer birds these are about
the usual numbers as a rule. Swallows of every
kind, however, are exceedingly scarce thus far.
Field and Chipping Sparrows, on the other hand,
are more numerous than they have been for
several years.