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Birds seen 
during 
alk from 
Ball's Hill 
to the 
Barrett farm 
and back. 
Scarcity of 
Solitary 
Vireos and 
Grass Finches 
Pines, one in the Barrett woods, all singing), six Nashville 
Warblers, three Parula. Warblers, one Yellow-rumped Warbler, 
one Wilson's Black-cap, one Olive-backed Thrush, a Wood 
Thrust(singing superbly in Barrett run), a Great Crested 
Flycatcher (in the Barrett orchard), an immature Bald Eagle 
(started from a pine on Davis's Hill), four or five White- 
throated Sparrows and great numbers of Chestnut-sided Warblers, 
Oven-birds, Black andWhite Creepers and other common birds. 
A Thrasher was singing opposite the cabin and another in 
the Barrett Run. I heard six Cat-birds, four or five Orioles, 
two Bobolinks, two Field Sparrows, and three Least Fly¬ 
catchers (two males in the Barrett orchard, one at Bensen's). 
A Towhee was singing at the head of the Barrett Run, a pair 
were scratching in a thicket lower down the Run, and I saw 
single 
a/female near Boll's Hill. Oven-birds were very numerous. 
I heard three Yellow-throated Vireos, two Red-eyes, two 
Tanagers, one Grosbeak, three Song Sparrows, and several 
Maryland Yell cw-throats. I have met with no Solitary 
Vireos since May 8th and fear that none will breed on my 
land this season. The only Grass Finches I know of in 
the whole Ball's Hill region is one that has sung up to 
within a few days in Lawrence's field within hearing of the 
Barrett house. Yesterday I saw my first Savanna Sparrows — 
three birds together in Parkins' orchard West Bedford. 
The woods were silent this afternoon. I paddled up 
river to Dakin's Hill,sdeing three Greater Yellow-eyes, 
four Solitary Sandpipers and the usual number of Red-wingaj, 
