1906
May 22
  Brilliantly clear with cool west wind. Ther. 38 degrees - 72 degrees.
  No north bound migrants noted unless in that
category I may include a Nighthawk which spent the 
entire day on a dead branch of one of the apple trees
in our orchard. I visited it several times & always
found it in exactly the same place and altitude with
its eyes nearly if not quite closed. Its grayish mottled
plumage admirably matched the lichen covered branch.
  Purdie, Gilbert and I spent most of the forenoon 
in the woods south of Pulpit Rock searching for 
the nest of the Broad-wings. Gilbert climbed to
three nests (one of them being the one that Purdie
thought the bird started from yesterday) but all
proved to be dilapidated old squirrels' nests. The 
female Broad wing appeared twice, once perching rather
near us & screaming a few times.
  I fear the Great Horned Owls have deserted
this neighborhood. I have not heard them this
spring nor could I find any signs of their
presence during my visit yesterday to their
long occupied stronghold Lawrence's pines by the
river. These trees belong to Abbott Lawrence who will
not have them cut but Edwin Lawrence who
owns most of the adjoining woodland has been 
cutting all winter close to the big pines. Perhaps
the presence of his wood choppers there in late 
winter may have disturbed the owls & frightened
them away.