1906
May 14
  Brilliantly clear with light E. wind. Ther. 52 degrees - 68 degrees. Yesterday
was very warm in the forenoon the thermometer rising to 83 degrees. No
arrivals were noted except a Cuckoo but there was such a tremendous
gale of wind blowing that it was difficult to see or hear anything[.]
The night was warm with a soft, gentle rain but intensely dark.
I looked for a big flight of migrants but apparently only a
few came. There were, however, a good many Usnea Warblers that
had evidently come during the night. Many of our apple trees
were in full bloom this morning & the Usnea Warblers were feeding
among the blossoms.
  Black-billed Cuckoos. Heard the coor-r-oo call last night about
9 o'clock, evidently given by a bird that
was flying over the garden. To-day a bird
was cooing (coo-coo) in the garden.
  Golden-winged Warbler. Saw a male in our big elm at 6 P.M.
  Wilson's Black-cap. Purdie saw one in our cow lane.
  Hummingbird. Heard one in garden at 8 A.M. Gilbert saw one at columbine.
Arrivals.
  A pair of Towhees spent most of the day in the little 
thicket between our house and barn. The male gave the normal
song but two of its call notes were peculiar. One resembled
the week of the Cat-bird the other was positively indistinguishable
from the tchay of the Maryland Yellow-throat. I saw as well
as heard the bird utter both calls. Both male & female frequently uttered
the prolonged ze-e-e-e-e which sounds a little like the
song of a Golden-winged Warbler heard at a distance.
  Heard a Nashville Warbler utter the flight song once about
7 P.M. Noted it thus: Tsip - tsip - tsip - tsee - ti - twi - twi -
twi - ti - ti - ti - ti - ti. The first five notes were additional ones,
all the others being those of the usual song. I did not see the bird.