cot: CORD. 
1893 
■^ fcj.1 34 
Ball 1 s Hill 
Birds 
singing at 
sunrise 
Osprey 
I spent the night in the cabin. The wind died away 
wholly at about 8 P. M. and the sky cleared. There was a 
singing chorus of Hylas with a few Wood Frogs up to the 
time I went to sleep (10 P. M.) and an hour or two later 
I awoke and heard them still piping and crosking;but still 
later (probably 2 to 3 A. M.) I awoke again and found that 
they had become wholly silent. This was probably due to 
a fall in the temperature,for at sunrise this morning there 
was a heavy white frost. 
Soon after sunrise, I dressed and climbed to the 
top of Ball's Hill. Robins, Red-wings, Song Sparrows and a 
Flicker were singing by the river, on the hill a Pine Warbler. 
No Doves seen or heard. A large flock of Yellow Palm 
u 
Warblers (at least a dozen) with a few Yellow-rumps and two 
male Ruby-crowned Kinglets came drifting along the hillside, 
flitting from bush to bush and hopping on the ground in 
little groups like Sparrows. All these species sang freely 
and often all three were singing at once. Then a Chickadee 
joined in with his ti- dee . 
Shortly after breakfast I saw an Osprey rise to a 
great height and soar in circles for nearly ten minutes 
without once flapping his wings. The wings looked very 
narrow and were held almost perfectly level. 
