1905 
May 21 
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The Cape May Warbler noted to-day was first seen in 
a young swamp white oak (about 25 feet high) on the edge of 
the Barrett Meadow in company with a male Blackburnian, a 
male Magnolia Warbler and a Nashville Warbler. Just across 
the wood road in which I was standing thejoak woods on the 
hillside were alive with various kinds of Warblers, most of 
which were evidently northbound migrants. The Cape May was 
under my glass for fully 15 minutes and not over 30 feet 
from me. He was rather dull-colored for a spring male. He 
spent most of this time in the top of the oak, probing among 
the tasseled blossoms with his sharp, slender bill. His 
Movements were comparatively (i.e. for a Warbler) slow and 
deliberate and very like those of a Black-poll. Viewed 
from beneath he might easily have been taken for a Magnolia 
Warbler. He made no sound of any kind. After a time his 
companions joined the bulk of the flock on the hillside, but 
he remained alone in the oak for five minutes or more after 
they had left him, finally following them, however. 
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