THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 37 
After this came the exciting part—the awarding of the prizes. Each 
child came back for his own bird-house saying, “I want to put it up 
early so the birds will build in it; next year I shall try again and see if 
I can build a better house.” —Ftiorenc™e R. Kino, 
Bird Club, Sec’y, Carbondale, Ill. 
Notes From Port Byron 
ae an absence of three years, the yellow-breasted chat returned 
again to this locality, and was heard singing, the first time on 
June 10, the last time on August 19. No Bell’s vireo was seen or heard 
here this year. 
In my bird notes which were published in last year’s Fall Bulletin, 
I told about the cliff swallow nests being ruined by some bird, and 
blamed the great horned owls. Last spring the mystery was solved when 
we caught a red-headed woodpecker in the act of pecking holes in the 
nests. The red-heads are quite a nuisance here but as there are many 
acorns this year, many of them will remain over winter. 
I have a few late dates of “last seen or heard” for this year. A rose- 
breasted grosbeak was singing in the garden on the morning of Septem- 
ber 30. A whip-poor-will was heard calling on the evening of September 
27, and the same evening a vesper sparrow was heard singing. A ruby- 
throated humming bird was seen for the last time September 23. A 
cat bird was heard singing the whisper song on the morning of October 9g. 
A red-eyed or Philadephia vireo was heard singing October 14. 
Migratory birds first seen or heard this fall by the writer, were as 
follows: 
Solitary sandpiper, August 5 Fox sparrow, September 7 
Marsh hawk, August 17 Henslow’s sparrow, September 14 
Sora rail, August 18 Hermit thrush, September 14 
Night hawk, August 16 Ruby-crowned kinglet, September 14 
Blue heron, August 24 White-throated sparrow, September 22 
Yellow-bellied sapsucker, September 1 Myrtle warbler, September 26 
Winter wren, September 2 Rough-legged hawk, September 30 
Blue-headed vireo, September 3 Brown creeper, September 30 
Slate-colored junco, September 5 
—J. J. ScHAFER. 
The Bronzed Grackles’ Frolic 
: ‘HE largest flock of grackles I ever saw alighted on my lawn to 
enjoy a bath under a fine-sprayed sprinkler then in action. There 
must have been between sixty and seventy birds in the flock. They 
seemed perfectly happy and frolicsome, running here and there, jumping 
up a few feet, having mock battles, and never still for a moment. 
