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1901
June 2
(2)

Four Red-Shouldered Hawks circled screaming
over our heads, at times diving down, and again
soaring up on high. A Wood Thrush sang
finely in the near wood. I have not heard
this bird as much as the Veery, Hermit &
Olive back. On the way back to the boat we
saw a very fine Blackburnian Warbler and heard
him sing many times his song. Will said that
the song was unlike any that he had ever heard a
Blackburnian sing before, the notes being clearer.
Rowing back to the cabin we passed two logs
floating by the shore with 27 square-backed
Turtles crowded on them.

After dinner we took a walk through the
Blakemore woods and back of Balls Hill pass
Glacier Hollow. We say a good many Lady-
Slippers (C. acaule [Cypripedium acaule]) and in one spot a five display
of Trientalis americanan. A number of Hemlocks
set out some years ago, form now a most
beautiful grove. A Pine Warbler was singing
among the evergreen oines, and while hunting
to see the bird, we got a fine sight of a
♀ [female] Bay-breasted Warbler, a late date, and my [♀ [female] D. castanea [Dendroica castanea]
on June 2.]
first sight of a ♀ [female] of this species.

I left the cabin at 4.10 P.M., was rowed
across the river and took the electrics at
W. Bedford and returned home in that way
reaching the house at about 7.15 P.M. M.
appeared from Lancaster about 15 min. later.
I had a cold and dusty ride down.
I append a list of the birds seen :–