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White-throated Sparrows are singing their “Peabody” song. Yellow- 
legs and Jack Snipe are both plentiful. 
APRIL 17. Upland Plovers are back. 
APRIL 18. Myrtle Warblers are flitting in tree tops while down 
in the Swamps the Marsh Hawks are building. 
APRIL 18. Crested Cormorants moved in last night. Today I saw 
a heavy concentration of Coots. Bellwort and yellow Coridalis have 
opened their yellow flowers to the Papilio ajax which are more inter- 
ested in the budding pawpaws. 
APRIL 20. The blooming wild plum bushes hide the wayward 
Hermit Thrush. 
APRIL 21. Colias butterflies and red admirals are powdering 
themselves with the yellow pollen of the pear blossoms. 
APRIL 22. Red trillium or wake-robin is at its best. Wood 
Thrushes are back. The last Juncos left during the night. 
APRIL 24. Adder’s tongue drops its lily-like head over the green 
spotted leaves. Young Screech Owls are out of eggs. 
APRIL 25. Sapsuckers are girdling trees. First Pieris butterfly. 
Barberry and chickweed are blooming. The gaudy Rose-breasted Gros- 
beak is back, nervously clicking, then bursting into a roundelay of 
song. 
APRIL 26. Banded forty-six mother Bluebirds which I lifted from 
the eggs. Indian tobacco is at its best. Anemonies are lovely but not 
abundant. Marsh Hawks are laying. I saw first Willow Trush. 
APRIL 27. It hailed today. The air is heavy with the odor of 
the pear trees. 
APRIL 28. Buckeyes are in full bloom. Bluebells are lovely. War- 
bling Vireos, Kingbirds, and Crested Flycatchers are back. The tree 
tops are full of singing Goldfinches. 
APRIL 29. Nighthawks and Baltimore Orioles are both back. 
Snakes are everywhere along the roads and fields. Red and white oaks 
are in bloom while down below in last years leaves little gray morel 
mushrooms are bursting forth. 
APRIL 30. Saw my first queen bumblebee today. Sassafras is in 
bloom; down below the sweet Williams make the hillsides blue. Papilio 
asterias flashes its black and orange wings about the many blooming 
flowers. March Hawks have finished laying. Yellow Warblers are in 
every Willow tree. 
May 1. It hailed. Many of the stones were two inches across. 
Saw first toad today. 
May 2. Lots of morel mushrooms are up. I took a morning trip 
and saw 102 different varieties of birds. Among the new arrivals last 
night are: Little Green Heron, Spotted Sandpiper, Olive-backed Thrush, 
Gray-checked Thrush, Catbird, Redstart, Yellowthroat, Louisiana Water 
Thrush, Ovenbird, Palm Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Black 
Poll Warbler, Prothonotary Warbler, White-eyed Vireo, Red-eyed 
Vireo, Scarlet Tanager, Least Flycatcher, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, 
Sora Rail. 
May 3. Abundant growth of morels; Field Sparrows are singing. 
