Bird lore - Project Puffin

Worm-eating Warbler. No nest found,
but several pairs seen every month from
April to August.
Blue-winged Warbler. At least six
pairs. No nest located, but young scarcely
able to fly seen twice.
Cerulean Warbler. I have looked in
vain for a nest, but several pairs sing here
throughout the summer, and are as con-
spicuous as this species could be expected
to be.
Yellow-throated Warbler. Common.
Pine Warbler. Common.
Prairie Warbler. Several pairs nest in
second growth around clearings.
Louisiana Waterthrush. One nest;
several pairs breed.
Kentucky Warbler. Twenty pairs
breeding would be a conservative estimate.
Florida Yellowthroat. Common.
Yellow-breasted Chat. Common.
Hooded Warbler. Abundant; three
nests seen in one day.
American Redstart. One nest found;
several birds seen throughout breeding
season.
—
Besides the thirteen species in this
woodland, the Yellow Warbler breeds
elsewhere around Atlanta, and the Parula
is seen occasionally through the summer,
but no nest has been located. Swainson's
Warbler is said to nest in canebrakes near
the city; but I know of no nest's being
found, and personally have not seen it
after May 15.
I feel sure you would be interested in
this information about the Blue-winged,
Worm-eating, Cerulean, and Redstart,
and perhaps in the great abundance of the
Kentucky. Wm. H. LaPrade, Jr.,
Atlanta, Ga.
A Census of Forty Acres in Indiana
The bird population varies in our local-
ity from year to year. This year (1916)
there are absent many birds that formerly
nested about our homestead, namely:
Killdeer, Belted Kingfisher, Phcebe,
Orchard Oriole, N'esper Sparrow, Song
Sparrow, Indigo Bunting, Scarlet Tanager,
Barn Swallow, Cedar Waxwing, Vireos,
Notes from Field and Study 373
Worm-eating Warbler and Yellow-
breasted Chat. Our homestead is near the
forest on the east, with orchards to the
north and south and open pasture to the
west. The following birds have nested
within an area of forty acres:
Species Number of Pairs
Bob-white
Mourning Dove
Screech Owl
4
4
i
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Downy Woodpecker
i
i
Red-headed Woodpecker i
Northern Flicker i
Chimney Swift 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Kingbird i
Crested Flycatcher
Wood Pewee
i
2
Blue Jay
American Crow i
Mcadowlark 6
Baltimore Oriole i
House Sparrow 5
Chipping Sparrow i
Cardinal 2
Summer Tanager i
Purple Martin i
Catbird 1
Brown Thrasher 2
House Wren i
Carolina Wren i
Tufted Titmouse i
Chickadee i
Wood Thrush i
Robin 3
Bluebird 2
Total, 30 species, 58 pairs.
—Martha Waters, Owensville, Ind.
Is This a Record with Bluebirds?
In April Bluebirds appeared. I noticed
two on a Friday afternoon in a young
maple close to the house, and that evening
prepared a small nest-box with an
entrance-hole of suitable size. The follow-
ing morning at seven-thirty, aided by a
ladder, I tied the box against the maple's
trunk about twelve feet from the ground.
One of the Bluebirds appeared while I
was in the tree and actually lit on the
second limb above me to watch the work;
before I could take the ladder away the
bird was perching on the box and no
sooner was the ladder removed than it
was inside. When the man who drove me
to the station returned at eight-twenty,
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