The main party started as usual from Howe station about 
two o'clock, and a short stop was made at the Club camp in 
Boxford. “The Pines," our usual Saturday night tenting 
ground, was reached well before sun-down, but a heavy 
fog blown in from the ocean by an east wind shut down 
on us about six o’clock, and although the night was at times 
clear overhead, the entire Topsfield marshes at least were 
fog-bound. On Sunday morning it was foggy until well 
after sun-rise, but by nine o’clock the wind had changed 
to the southwest and the day from then on proved fair and 
warm with a moderate breeze. Ipswich was reached about 
two o’clock as usual, and the trip by motor boat to Little 
Neck and thence on around Clark’s Pond and back to 
Ipswich was completed on schedule. 
Among the one hundred and four species recorded in 
1921 the Horned Grebe, Bonaparte’s Gull, Common Tern 
and American Pipit were first observations for the trip. 
It is also well to state that no notice was taken of the Phea¬ 
sant and English Sparrow prior to 1920. 
A complete line record of the fifteen trips is shown on 
the pages following this article, making unnecessary an 
enumeration here of our 1921 list. The 1919 'Bulletin 
contained a rather full account of the previous excursions 
under the title “Thirteen Ipswich River Bird Trips,’’ and 
our 1920 Bulletin gave an account of the trip of that year. 
In addition to the species recorded within the specified 
time and area the Saturday morning party observed a 
White-eyed Vireo and a Hermit Thrush, and Mr. Emilio 
saw a Sparrow Hawk just before joining the party at Howe 
Station. On Saturday Hon. C. F. Jenney and Mr. C. J. 
Maynard recorded on Plum Island Holboells’ Grebe, Loon, 
Laughing Gull, American Golden-eye, White-winged Scoter, 
Black-bellied Plover, Red-tailed Hawk and Alder Fly¬ 
catcher, so it will be seen that a total of one hundred and 
fifteen species were actually recorded within the valley or 
about the mouth of the Ipswich River on May 14-15, 1921. 
Who can truly say that Essex County is not the bird lovers’ 
paradise in mid-May? 
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