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breasted Nuthatch, Ruby-crowned Kinglet. “The early Wood Pewee 
attracted our attention by his gentle “‘pe-a-wee” reminding us of a hot 
summer day although snow was still on the ground. 
April 8—Short-eared Owl, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Myrtle Warbler. 
April 14—Winter Wren, Double-crested Cormorant, Chipping 
Sparrow. ; 
On the fourteenth, we were privileged to see the mating performance 
of the Marsh Hawk. Both the male and the female indulged in it 
although the male was much the more active of the two. He pursued a 
very irregular line of flight resembling, as Seton terms it, “the outline of a 
gigantic saw.’ At times he even went so far as to make several complete 
loops. Both landed in a field about fifty feet apart and shortly afterwards 
rose and flew off quite normally. On June 23 we crossed this field and 
were surprised at flushing a female hawk. Under her were three downy 
young which were photographed. On June 28 they were much larger and 
on July 8 we found one near the nest mashed, we judged, by a human foot. 
Perhaps only the runt was killed. 
April 15—Great Blue Heron, Solitary Sandpiper. 
About the middle of April, eight Bluebird houses were put up, follow- 
ing the suggestion by TI. E. Musselman in last January’s Bird Lore. ‘The 
ma,ority of them were on fence posts. “—wo more were put up later. Our 
first nest appeared on April 22 and eggs were found on the 29th. Six 
houses were occupied and a total of thirty-four eggs were laid. We are 
quite sure seventeen of these matured and flew away. Next year we expect 
to build more houses and to have a better percentage as to occupancy. 
April 22—Bartramian Sandpiper, Brown Thrasher, Greater Yellow- 
legs, Blue-winged ‘Teal. 
On the 25th we finally found what we had looked for all winter. Near 
one of the larger homes in town we saw a male Evening Grosbeak. He had 
been there about three or four days according to the owner but he left the 
next day, apparently, as we saw no more of him. 
April 26—White-throated Sparrow. 
April 28—Pine Warbler, Barn Swallow, Palm Warbler. 
April 29—Bobolink, Pectoral Sandpiper, Wilson’s Phalarope, Cedar - 
Waxwing. ‘The Phalarope was our first record for the area. It was a 
male, however, lacking the brighter color of the female. We watched it 
carefully for quite a long time. 
April 30—House Wren, Chimney Swift, Black-throated Green 
Warbler. 
May 1—Olive-backed Thrush. 
May 2—Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Baltimore Oriole. 
May 3—Redstart, White-crowned Sparrow, Green Heron, Rough- 
winged Swallow, Grinnell’s Water Thrush. 
May 4—Catbird. 
