Bird lore - Project Puffin

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Bird- Lore's Sixteenth Christmas Census 19
Purple Finch, 15; Tree Sparrow, 2; Slatc-colorcd Junco, 2; Brown Creeper, 2; White-
breasted Nuthatch, 4; Black-capped Chickadee, 25; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 2. Total,
13 species, 61 individuals -|- Crows. Kdward Daly and J. F. Calvert.
Millbrook, Ont.— Dec. 24; 12 m. to 5 p.m. Cloudy; 8 in. of snow; wind west, liRht;
temp. 32°. Cireal Blue Heron, i; Red-tailed Hawk, i; Downy Woodpecker, i; Blue
Jay, 4; Snow Bunting, 50; Redpoll, 30; Chickadee, 14.
— Sam. Hunter.
Total, 7 species, loi individuals.
Reaboro, Franklin and Bethany, Ont., and return.—Dec. 21; 8.40 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Overcast; about 4 in. of snow; wind westerly, light; temp. 28". Canada Ruffed Grouse,
i; large hawk, i; Barred Owl, i; Great Horned Owl, i; Hairy Woodpecker, 6; Downy
Woodpecker, i; Blue Jay, 15; Pine Grosbeak, 2; Snow Bunting, 400; Tree Sparrow, 11;
Song Sparrow, i; White-breasted Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 27. Total, 13 species, 468
individuals.—F. W. Calvert.
Dover, N. H.—Dec. 26; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cloudy; ground 95 per cent bare; south
breeze; temp. 51° to 36°. Herring Gull, 37; American Goldeneye, 13; duck sp., 5;
Ruffed Grouse, 3; Sharp-shinned Hawk, i; Blue Jay, i; Crow, 5; Meadowlark, 2; Tree
Sparrow, 15; Black-capped Chickadee, 19; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 2. Total, 11
species, 103 individuals. Perley M. Jen'NESS.
East Jaffrey, N. H.— Dec. 23; 7.30 to 11. 15 a.m. and i to 4.30 p.m. Cloudy, beginning
to rain in p.m.; id in. of snow; wind southeast, moderate; temp. 21° to 38**. Hairy
Woodpecker, i; Downy Woodpecker, 3; Blue Jay, 3; White-breasted Nuthatch, i;
Black-capped Chickadee, 24; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 2; Robin, 34. Total, 7 species,
68 individuals. The Robins were in a flock that is wintering here.
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Rochester, N. H.— Dec. 29; 1.30 to 4.30 p.m. Heavy snowstorm with strong north
wind; 2 to 4 in. of snow; temp. 25°. Ruffed Grouse, i; Downy Woodpecker, i; Tree
Sparrow, i; Chickadee, 20; White-breasted Nuthatch, i; Brown Creeper, heard. Total,
6 species, 26 individuals.
^Franklin jNIcDuffee and Mrs. George Watsox.
Tilton, N. H.— Dec. 25; 8.20 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Cloudy, changing to light rain; a
little snow on ground; wind light, southeast; temp. 38°. Blue Jay, i; White-breasted
Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 6; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 2. Total, 4 species, 10 individuals.
Birds seem unusually scarce this winter. George L. Plimpton and Edward
H. Perkins.
Bennington, Vt.—Dec. 24; 10 to 11.30 a.m. Cloudy, with a fine mist following,
making the day dark; 4 to 8 in. of snow; light southeast wind; temp. 40°. Ruffed Grouse,
5; Hairy Woodpecker, i; Dow;ny Woodpecker, 2; Blue Jay, 2; American Crow, 7;
Starling, 2; White-breasted Nuthatch, i; Red-breasted Nuthatch, 2; Black-capped
Chickadee, 10. Total, 9 species, 32 individuals.
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Dr. and Mrs. Lucretius H. Ross.
Clarendon, Vt.— Dec. 24; 2 to 4.30 p.m. Cloudy; i ft. of snow; wind southwest,
brisk; temp. 35°. Ruffed Grouse, 3; Great Horned Owl, 2; Downy Woodpecker, i;
Blue Jay, 2; White-breasted Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 4. Total, 6 species, 13 individuals.
— L. H. Potter.
Boston, Mass.—Dec. 24; (Arnold Arboretum to Longwood, 9.45 a.m. to 12.45 p-'^'and
Charles River Basin, 3.45 to 4.15 p.m.); partly cloudy; ground bare; wind north-
west, moderate; temp. 39°. Black-backed Gull, 7; Herring Gull, 30; American Golden-
eye, 30; Bob-white, 12; Pheasant, 5; Sparrow Hawk, i; Downy Woodpecker, i; Flicker,
2; Blue Jay, 10; Crow, 16; Goldfinch, 7; White-throated Sparrow, i; Junco, 20; Song
Sparrow, 2; Cedar Waxwing, 7; Chickadee, 6; Golden-crowned Kinglet, i. Total, 17
species, 15S individuals.— F. G. and R. E. Robrins.
Boston, Mass. (Charles River Basin, the Fens, Riverway, Olmsted Park and
Jamaica Pond).— Dec. 20; 9.05 a.m. to 2 p.m. Clear; ground bare; wind northwest,
light; temp. 32° to 38°. Black-backed Gull, 7; Herring Gull. 1.500; Merganser, 4;