AN ANNOTATED LIST OF BIRDS 
OBSERVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE ESSEX 
COUNTY ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 
1922. 
A change in the date of issue of the Bulletin has made 
possible the publishing of a bird list covering a calendar 
year, in place of the July to July list of former issues. To 
avoid a break in our records, we have made a supplemen¬ 
tary list covering the time from July 1 to December 31, 
1921. 
Weather conditions during the time covered by these two 
lists had a very marked effect on bird movements. A ter¬ 
rible sleet storm in late November, 1921, followed by rough 
weather through the winter, made it very hard for our 
common winter land birds, and an unusually small number 
were seen. On the other hand, water birds were with us in 
great numbers and variety, this condition continuing well 
into the spring. The gull tribe so delayed their northern 
movement that many stayed with us through the summer. 
The very wet summer of 1922 did not seem to affect the 
local breeding birds, with the exception of the swallows. 
After their departure southward very few migrant species 
and particularly few warblers came in to till their places, 
and therefore the fall was disappointing. Along shore the 
ducks and other waterfowl seemed slow in arriving, but 
before cold weather had really set in their numbers were 
well up to normal. Whether we shall have as tine a show¬ 
ing of divers as we had last winter is yet to be seen, very 
few except Grebes and Loons having yet arrived (Dec. 24, 
1922). 
Unfortunately the Ipswich shore and marshes were not 
so carefully covered this year as usual, and therefore the 
list suffers particularly in regard to Swallows, Shore birds 
and Water fowl. Several trips were made to this locality, 
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