Broad-wing 
Deer 
The Broad-winged Hawks are back in their usual 
haunts at the Farrp. I heard the female there this after¬ 
noon and soon afterwards aaw her soaring over the river. 
Half an hour later I saw a bird which I took to be the 
male, although I was not sure it was not the female. It 
was flying over the oak woods near where the nest was 
last year, screaming. 
Deer are said to have been numerous of late. Our 
farm-hand, Harry Adams, saw two near Bensen’s house this 
morning. I found a fresh track in the cart road behind 
Ball's Hill. 
Swamp Sparrows 
singing 
freely in the 
middle of 
the night 
Bitterns 
pump i ng in 
middle of 
night 
The discomfort of lying awake the greater part of 
last night was compensated for in large measure by the 
interest of hearing Swamp Sparrows singing almost inces¬ 
santly for two or three hours before daybreak. There were 
at least two and I think three of them. During the period 
just mentioned (probably from 1 to 3 A. M») I heard one 
or more of them every four or five minutes and often there 
would be two or three songs uttered within the minute. 
Bitterns, also, were heard every five or ten 
minutes during the same period. It is very unusual, accor¬ 
ding to my experience, to hear them pumping in the middle 
of the night or indeed at any time when there is not at 
least some daylight. 
The stars were shining brightly all night but there 
was no moonlight. The air was calm and warm. 
