Partridge s 
ye 
than one 
drumming- 
place 
A Partridge was drumming this afternoon in the 
Barrett Run and another in Prescott’s Pines near the road 
to the Gun Field, both on stone walls. Gilbert heard a 
third in the Blakeman woods. I think that the bird in 
Prescott’s Pines was the same that I heard yesterday at the 
north end of Davis's Swamp (where the drumming stand is a 
small log) and I also believe that the Blakeman bird is the 
one we hear so frequently at the east end of Ball's Hill. 
In other words I think that each bird ha,s two drumming 
stations. 
Robin- 
roos't 
Robin sings 
on wing 
A few Robins came to the spring roost in the dense 
pines behind Ball's Hill this evening. All appeared to be 
males and there was, as usual, much singing and calling. 
I was astonished to see one bird sing on wing. I heard him 
in the distance at first. When he appeared, he was flying 
in the usual manner, but rather slowly. He continued his 
song without the slightest break when and after he reached 
his perch on the topmost spray of a tall pine. There was 
nothing peculiar about the song. Evidently it was not a 
song 
real flight/but the bird was simply so full of his theme 
that he could not wait until he reached the end of his short 
j ourney. 
|_There was a solitary Yellow Palm Warbler about the 
cabin yesterday and again this morning. Gilbert saw a 
single Yellow-rump on the 17th. I miss sadly the large 
