Nests 
by Jays 
1901 
July 32 
Notes of 
young 
Blue Jays 
half-grown on June 15) have sucoeeded in rearing young. 
It is really pathetic to see the childless pairs of 
Tanagers, Grosbeaks, Red-eyes, Chestnut-sided Warblers, 
Cat-birds, etc. flitting listlessly about the cabin, 
unaccompanied by any progeny. Evidently they have become 
tired of supplying the Blue Jays with fresh eggs, at least 
for this summer. The Robins have left the Hill in disgust 
and I think the Wood Pewees have also departed. The Jays 
still come into the oaks above the cabin nearly every 
morning and I think that there must be a Red-eye’s nest 
which they have not yet found and for which they are per¬ 
sistently seeking, for their presence invokes excited 
protests from one pair of the Vireos. All the other 
small birds now regard them with apparent indifference. 
Shortly after sunrise this morning a family of 
Blue Jays consisting of four or five young with at least 
one of their parents came into the oaks near the cabin. 
The young, as they followed their mother from tree to 
tree, kept up a succession of squealing cries very like 
those of a well-grown pig. They were fully grovra and in 
flight and actions v;ere undistinguishable from the old 
bird. The latter screamed once or twice. I did not see 
any of them obtain any kind of food. 
