TLHECAUD UB ON BULLETIN 3] 
weed Phlox in bloom. Mustard, Buttercups and Dandelions add a touch 
of color to the roadsides. 
May 2—Kingbirds, Wood Thrush, Crested Flycatchers, Yellow- 
throats, and Nighthawks here. Saw two rare stragglers today in an apple 
orchard: Lincoln’s and also Bachman’s Sparrows. 
May 3—Palm Warblers, Bobolinks, and Spotted Sandpipers arrived 
last night. “Tiny white Veronica, Yellow Papoon, Hawthorns and Crabs 
in full bloom. 
May 5—Big wave of birds. Red-eyed Vireos, Redstarts, Orchard 
Orioles, Nashville Warblers, Magnolia, Black-throated Green Warblers, 
and Philadelphia Vireos all arrive. Pawpaw and Wild Cherry in full 
bloom. 
May 6—Scarlet Tanager common, Black and White and Prothonotary 
Warblers, Chats, Hummingbirds, and Wood Pewees here. White- 
crowned Sparrows are singing in the bushy pastures. Lark Sparrows 
greeted the Harris Sparrows, rare visitors from the west. I saw a belated 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker which couldn’t leave his convivial surroundings. 
Banded fifty baby Bluebirds, ready to fly. Giant Bullfrogs out and singing 
their “Your Drunk” to their ladies fair who are hidden in the high grass. 
May 7—Palm Wartlers are singing their “chippy” song in the elms 
over head. Giant White Trilliums in bloom. First Luna Moths flying. 
Woodticks are out looking for meat. Yellovy Moccasin Flowers in bloom. 
Young Robins ready to fly. 
May 9—Bracked Wild Indigo in bloom. Bell's Vireo back and 
building in low bushes. Black Locust trees in bloom, filling the air with 
their pungent aroma. 3 
May 10—Penstamen blooming on the sandy roadside. Gallinules 
here. Laughing Gulls here following the farmers as they plow. First 
Fireflies. 
May 12—Cecropia Moths are flying. Baby Black-capped Chickadees 
are out of eggs. 
May 14—White Clover in bloom. Big bird movement. Cuckoos and 
many Ovenbirds here. White-throats still present. Indian Hemp, Wood 
Anemone, and Wild Grape in bloom. ‘The last has the finest odor of any 
spring blossom. 
May 16—Bluebird -ox No. 53 has no cover. Results—four Bluebird 
eggs and three Cowbird eggs. Only on one occasion have I found a Cow- 
bird egg in my toxes. “They fear to enter through the side entrance hole. 
A few Seventeen-year Locusts are singing—small crop this year, however. 
May 17—Barn Swallows building. Birds hatching in Mockingbird’s 
nests. Upland Plover have full complements of eggs. “They prefer to nest 
on the crests of hills. Glad to report them on the increase. Summer 
Tanagers here. Found Swifts nesting in a hollow tree. Wild Strawberries 
are ripe. Honey Locust and Blue Star Grass in bloom. Squirrel-tail 
Grass is at its best. 
