Concord, Mass.
1914.
March 17
to
May 31
(No 5)

May notes.

  Swainson's Thrushes were less numerous than usual & I
saw no Gray-cheeked [Gray-cheeked Thrush] or Bicknell's Thrushes. Hermits [Hermit Thrush], also, were
scarce. Ruby-crowned Kinglets passed in fair numbers.
  Our local summer birds came dribbling in, a few at a
time, like the rest but after all had arrived most of
the species were quite as well represented as usual and some
rather more so. Chippies & Least Flycatchers were exceptionally
plentiful, Bobolinks and Orioles in average numbers, Robins
much scarcer than of yore yet no more so than last year.
Field sparrows occurred only sparsely as north-bound
migrants, none remaining to breed. Chickadees & Downy Woodpeckers
were almost locally extinct, there being certainly not more than
two pairs of the former & one of the latter in the entire
wooded region (300 acres) included within our estate. Faxon
thinks both species suffered severely last winter & no doubt he
is right. Ruffed Grouse & Pheasants were in normal numbers.