1906.
May 12
  Partly cloudy and very hazy with strong, warm S.W.
wind. Ther. 39 degrees - 69 degrees.
  A few Northern migrants were seen to-day but no
new birds were noted. In a small flock of Yellow rumps
that we found in a clump of birches on the edge of
Howe's meadow was a Red-poll Warbler. It appeared
suddenly in a leafless bush within three or four yards
of me & wagged its tail. The instant I saw it I thought
that it looked like true palmarum for the under parts
showed little yellow save on the throat. Before I could get
my glass fairly on it it flew & was not seen again. It
was probably a dull female hypochrysea. At least that it the
safest conclusion.
A Red poll Warbler that looked like palmarum
  We saw both the Broad-winged Hawks to-day
flying directly towards the nest over the run, the female about
nine o'clock this morning, the male about six this afternoon.
The male bore in his talons a Batrachian of some kind
& no doubt a large Toad, with its legs dangling &
waving to & fro conspicuously. The Hawks legs were
dropped during flight to nearly their full length so
that the Toad was nearly a foot below the bird's
breast. These Hawks must surely be breeding in
the woods where I saw the male on the 10th. Their
line of flight invariably crosses the Run in the
same place & the same direction. Indeed they
go straight for the nest, like homing bees.
Pair of Broad winged Hawks
  Started seven Doves in a sandy field near Howe's 
meadow. Two rose together in one place & five in another.
Gilbert flushed a Dove from the nest at Davis Hill to-day.
Flock of Doves.