Bird lore - Project Puffin

20 Bird - Lore
Mallard, 2; Black Duck, 33; Baldpate, 2 ducks; Wood Duck, i drake; Lesser Scaup, 5;
Goldeneye, 7; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Flicker, 2; Blue Jay, 13; Crow, 21; Starling, 25;
Purple Finch, i; Goldfinch, 12; White-throated Sparrow, 4; Song Sparrow, 4; Cedar
Waxwing, 15; Orange-crowned Warbler, i; Brown Creeper, i; Chickadee, 11; Robin, i.
Total, 23 species, 1,674 individuals. Barred Owl, i, in Public Garden, Dec. 25.
Horace W. Wright.
Bridgewater, Mass.—Dec. 25; 8 to 10 a.m. Cloudy; ground bare; wind southeast,
moderate; temp. 27° to 42°. Red-tailed Hawk, 2; Northern Flicker, 3; Blue Jay, 3;
American Crow, 80; Starling, 6; Meadowlark, 2; Goldfinch, 7; Junco, 5; Song Sparrow,
42; Swamp Sparrow, 2; Myrtle Warbler, 50; Brown Creeper, 2; Chickadee, 50; Golden-
Horace A. McFarlin.
crowned Kinglet, 2. Total, 14 species, 256 individuals.
Cambridge, Mass. (and vicinity).—Dec. 27; 8.30 a.m. to i p.m. and 2.30 to 5.30
P.M. Overcast; ground slightly snow-covered; wind west; temp. 32°. Black-backed
Gull, 2; Herring Gull, 261; American Merganser, 11; Mallard, i; Black Duck, 65;
American Goldeneye, 5; Red-shouldered Hawk, i; Sparrow Hawk, i; Kingfisher, i;
Hairy Woodpecker, 2; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Flicker, 5; Blue Jay, i; Crow, 9; Starling,
14; Tree Sparrow, 40; Song Sparrow, 14; Red-breasted Nuthatch, 2; Black-capped
Chickadee, 12; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 9; Robin, 5. Total, 20 species, 457 individuals.
—George P. Baker, Jr., Lovell Thompson and Charles F. Walcott.
Cambridge, Mass. (Fresh Pond, Arlington and Belmont).—Dec. 26; 8 a.m. to 12 m.
Overcast; ground bare; wind southwest, very strong; temp. 38°. Black-backed Gull, 4;
Herring Gull, 375; American Merganser, 20; Black Duck, 75; American Goldeneye, i;
Ring-necked Pheasant, i; Sparrow Hawk, 2; Downy Woodpecker, 3; Flicker, 3; Blue
Jay, 3; American Crow, 29; Starling, 6; Tree Sparrow, 8; Junco, 5; Song Sparrow, 11;
White-breasted Nuthatch, i; Red-breasted Nuthatch, i; Black-capped Chickadee, 38;
Golden-crowned Kinglet, 25; Robin, 3. Total, 20 species, 614 individuals. Myles P.
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Baker and Howard M. Forbes.
Charles River Village, Mass.—Dec. 27; 9 a.m. to 12.35 p.m. Clear; ground snowcovered;
wind westerly, light; temp. 40°. Pheasant, i; Downy Woodpecker, i; Blue
Jay, i; Crow, 18; RedpoU, 20; Goldfinch, 16; Tree Sparrow, i; Junco, 18; Chickadee,
24; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 5. Total, 10 species, 105 individuals.
Spelman, Jr.
Devereux to Marblehead Neck, Mass.—Dec. 23; 12 to 2.30 p.m. Cloudy; ground
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Henry M.
bare; wind southeast, moderate; temp. 44°. Horned Grebe, 6; Loon, i; Herring Gull, 40;
Black-backed Gull, i; Red-breasted Merganser, 4; White-winged Scoter, 2; Old-squaw,
12; Brant, 13; Sparrow Hawk, i; Downy Woodpecker, i; Flicker, 3; Crow, 13; Song
Sparrow, i; Myrtle Warbler, i; Brown Creeper, i; Chickadee, 2. Total, 16 species,
102 individuals.
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Alice O. Jump and Lidian E. Bridge.
Fairhaven, Mass.—Dec. 25; 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Clear; ground bare; wind south,
strong; temp. 43°. Loon, 2; Herring Gull, 7; Ruffed Grouse, i; Sparrow Hawk, 2;
Crow, 9; Blue Jay, 4; Meadowlark, 15; Song Sparrow, 4; Junco, i; Goldfinch, 3; Purple
Finch, 6; Chickadee, 9; Robin, 4. Total, 13 species, 67 individuals. Mabel L. Potter.
Ipswich, Mass. (Castle Hill and Beach).—Dec. 26; 10 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. Ground
bare; wind southwest, strong, shifting to northwest gale with snow at i p.m.; temp. 40°.
Horned Grebe, 4; Kittiwake, 2; Black-backed Gull, 25; Herring Gull, 300; Red-breasted
Merganser, 175; Old-squaw, 3; American Scoter, 25; White-winged Scoter, 9; Brant, 20;
Purple Sandpiper, i; Ring-necked Pheasant, 4; Northern Flicker, i; Horned Lark, 7;
American Crow, 400; Tree Sparrow, i; Slate-colored Junco, 24; Myrtle Warbler, 10;
White-breasted Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 8. Total, 19 species, 920 individuals.
Edmund and Lidian E. Bridge.
Leominster, Mass.—Dec. 25; 8 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. Cloudy all day; nearly all bare
ground in the open, 6 in. of snow in the woods; no wind; very warm for the season;
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