Mel. Lincolnii [Melospiza lincolnii], E. flaviventris [Empidonax flaviventris], My. Canadensis [Myiodioctes canadensis]
Nests of T. fuscescens [Turdus fuscescens], S. ruticilla [Setophaga ruticilla] G. trichas [Geothlypis trichas] & B. virescens [Butorides virescens]
1875. Evening flight of the Kingbird
June 1. [June 1, 1875] I searched carefully and found a nest
of Seth. ruticilla [Setophaga ruticilla] 3 eggs fresh, & one of D.
aestiva [Dendroica aestiva], both built in upright forks of maples
20 feet up. Took the redstarts & shot the [female] (which
had a 4th egg nearly ready for the shell.) Found
also here a nest of Turdus fuscescens built
at the point of junction of three or four
maple trunks, & about 3 ft. up. 4 eggs fresh.
Finished my days work in the pine swamp
where I took a nest of T. fuscescens [Turdus fuscescens] built
on the ground among skunk cabbage,
a G. trichas [Geothlypis trichas] do [nest found built on ground among skunk cabbage] 3 eggs & 1 of M. pecoris [Molothrus pecoris],
found & left a nest of Butor. virescens [Butorides virescens] 1 egg,
shot a [male] My. Canadensis [Myiodioctes canadensis], [female] Mel. Lincolnii [Melospiza lincolnii]
and saw a E. Traillii [Empidonax traillii] & E. flaviventris [Empidonax flaviventris].
Also much to my surprise started up a
Scol. ferrugineus [Scolecophagus ferrugineus] among some bushes;
it looked like a female and after I left the
swamp I could still hear its unmistakable
cackle. Reached the house by 6 P.M. and
as I came down through the garden, saw
a very dark T. Aliciae [Turdus aliciae] bathing under the
showering spray of a hose. A pair of
Tyrannus Car. [Tyrannus carolinensis] are building in our orchard
and every evening, after sunset, the [male]
(I think) rises into the air at a considerable
height and then plunges and dashes about
as if crazy, uttering his cries incessantly. This
I have noticed elsewhere & the habit appears
to correspond to the somewhat similar one
of E. minimus [Empidonax minimus] & some other birds, Cy.
Cyanea [Cyanospiza cyanea] included. This latter species
I hear regularly every evening & his song
is, then more than usually tender & beautiful.
My. Canadensis [Myiodioctes canadensis] was in every thicket, I saw over 20.
Heard one S. noveboracensis.