and white warbler. It moved around leisurely 
and stayed for some time on one perch. It sang 
incessantly like su a su a su a sun su su su. 
Ovenbirds were common. Then I went home. 
May 16, 1901 - Thursday . 
This evening I heard a wood pew ee. The 
Martins are taking in stuff for a nest. I saw 
them in the garden. The males fight. Heard 
a magnolia warbler sing. 
May 19, IS01 - Sunday. 
This morning before breakfast I went down in 
ae fields. Meadowlarks and bobolinks were 
a °undant. The first bird to greet me in Maine's 
^°°d-s was the Wilson's warbler just arrived. 
^ey were everywhere in the trees and bushes. 
^ ey were in full song. They sang about once a 
? n the avera £ e - The song was chit chit 
^j^^^chlt chit 3wee swee swe e or che chee che. " 
e last three syllables were sometimes trilled. 
Heard a brown thrasher singing. Saw half a 
zen male goldfinches pursuing a female. They 
ent wherever she did singing and occasionally 
^ving a tilt in the air. 
Then I went home. 
After breakfast 1 went over in T. Hackett’s 
Heard several wood peewes. It ms warm 
sunny. V7ood thrushes were very common, 
ne gave a note like ticky tucky tuck . It was a 
a ® er sound.. Their song was clear away . Heard 
lack-thoated green warbler TingingT Scared 
Pa barred owl and followed it around. It was 
^ite tame. 
There were quite a number of yellow-bellied 
°°dpeckers here. Then I went home, 
bi P is af ternoon I went over to the hemlock 
^uff s . The warbling vireos are back to the 
^ sta ^ ,s pasture. There was nothing in 
bluebird’s nest at the ravines. 
heard If 11 * 8 1 Saw a b l a <*-billed cuckoo and 
it call. Mound a song sparrow’s nest in 
