winged blackbirds, fox sparrows and nyrtle 
Warblers were seen, The sparrows were feeding 
on stick tights. I saw 25 or 30 field sparrows. 
They with the other sparrows spread out among 
the shocks of corn in a field. The redwings 
an<i robins were found in the thickest places and 
also in some trees. The robins went west and 
the red-wings east. 1 was surprised to find the 
latter here. They were very tame and allowed 
a close approach. 
Heard a lond whishing sound and looking up 
saw a flock of about 25 teal of some sort passing 
with great rapidity overhead. They made an 
a hrupt turn and dropped nearly straight down into 
Alder swamp. I went over there but could not 
find them. On the way over 1 scared up a 
Wilson’s snipe and looking down saw where it had 
walked in the mud. It flew around in a circle 
°f about half a mile, and finally lit near a 
brushy fence row about 25 rods away. Alder swamp 
Wa s full of nyrtle warblers. There must have been 
two or three hundred there. I heard and saw them 
constantly. They seemed to find plenty of food 
ih the low willows. Occasionally when I stood 
s till half hidden by the bushes a dozen or more 
Would cluster together about a hundred feet off 
chip at me until I moved into sight. I heard 
n °ne~8inging. 
Saw a flock of about fifteen rusty grackles 
feeding on the ground. 'They flew a short distance 
took low perches in the willows when I 
fPproached. *1 saw the white eye and the brownish 
lack plainly. 
Bobins and cedar waxwings were feeding in 
° ne Place on the higher ground on Black Haws. 
the waxwings that I saw were immature. They 
^®re very tame and lit almost within reach. I 
°®ean to think that maybe I could catch one. The 
Ha ws were swallowed whole and they seemed very 
V ° r acions after them. 
Saw a crow sitting in a tree and a number of 
e rs were feeding on the ground. The sentinel 
