BALL 1 S HILL. 
1900 
May 28 
Birds 
noted at 
Ball's Hill 
Alder 
Flycat che r 
Wilson 1 s 
Thrushes 
begin 
singing 
Carolin a 
* Rails 
Birds 
at’"the 
Farm" 
Bay-breast 
Warbler 
[There were few birds in the Ball's Hill woods to-day 
save near the river at the south-west end of the hill, where 
6 or 8 Water Thrushes, at least 25 Black-poll Warblers (the 
majority females), about half-a-dozen Canadian W a rblers, 
2 Traill's Flycatchers, a Least Flycatcher, 2 Wood Pewees, 
a Swainson's Thrush, a Black and Yellow Warbler and several 
Redstarts, .alack and White Creepers and Oven-birds spent 
the entire day searching for food low down in bushes and 
among the smaller oaks. At evening Wilson*s Thrushes were 
singing freely in every direction for the first time this 
season. There was also general and spirited singing on the 
part of Tanagers, Grosbeaks, Oven-birds and many other of 
the common summer resident species. At least 5 Carolina 
Rails were calling er-e on the Great Meadows, their voices 
blending like those of Hylas and making a continuous volume 
of sound. 
Visiting the Farm this morning I ransacked the woods 
from the road through to Pulpit Rock and where the red 
pines grow. Birds were very numerous but there was little 
singing. Hear the Rock, however, in the dense pines along 
the path to Birch Field I heard a male Bay-breasted Warbler 
in full song and while searching the tree tops for him saw 
a female of the same species. In the same part of the woods 
a Black aid Yellow W a rbler was singing listlessly and in fre¬ 
quently. 
