THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 33 
My ten year old daughter, Ginger, caught a 10% pound Channel Cat. 
Least and Black Terns very abundant. Likewise, the waders, Great Blue 
Herons and American Bitterns are stalking Crawdaddies in the drainage 
ditches. 
September 5—First Persimmons are ripe. 
September 11—Brown Thrashers have all departed. 
September 16—Yellow-woods heavy with seed. 
September 20—Great flocks of Grackles, some Doves, Catbirds, Gros- 
beaks, and Nighthawks are still here. 
September 21—Jack Snipe are zigzagging over head. Cobwebs are 
floating. 
September 24—Big Warbler migration. 
September 27/—-Great hawk migration. Hundreds passed over in ir- 
regular formation. Flight extended from Quincy to Mt. Sterling. 
September 28—There are no Hickory nuts. 
September 29—Black Walnuts, Chestnuts, and Butternuts are down. 
Shaggy Mane is plentiful. Stinkhorns are growing on fallen lots. White- 
throats and Tree Sparrows here. Chewinks still here. Little White 
Asters are gorgeous. 
October 1—Checkered Skipper Butterflies (H. montivaga) are out 
and merry. 
October 3—A new Stinkhorn appeared—possessed a red stem. 
October 4—Swifts nearly all gone. 
October 5—Juncos, White-throats and Tree Sparrows here in large 
numbers. Catbirds still here. 
October 6—Picked a fine mess of Pluteus cervinus which I broiled— 
tender, tasty. 
October 8—Hard maples brilliant. Robins are eating the Dogwood 
berries. Big V’s of Cormorants passing over. 
October 10—Preying Mantis plentiful. 
October 13—Thousands of Crows have gathered over Bay Island. 
October 14—Blue-wings, Green-wings, Pintails, and Mallards appear 
in the hunters’ game bags but all complain of small kills. Chimney Swifts 
all gone. . 
October 15—Many Buckeye Butterflies. 
October 19—Robins flocking and gathering in the lowlands where 
they feed on deciduous Holly berries. New flight of ducks and geese. 
October 20—Wasps hunting winter hibernating quarters. 
October 21—Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Dwarf Yellow Butterflies 
(N. iole) and Big Clouded Sulfurs (C. eubule) are common. 
October 23—Foliage at its best color. 
November 3—Scattered flocks of Smith’s Longspurs passing through. 
November 12—Golden-eye Ducks here. 
November 15—Deciduous Holly red with berries. 
