page [46] 23 Jul 1901 (seq. 48)

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Grindstone Neck, Winter Harbor, Me.
1901
July 23

A warm day for this point, very hot on the board walk
to the Casino at noon. Mercury at the piazza here
73°, 9 A.M.; 77°, 11 A.M.; 76° 1 P.M. Clear sky, light clouds [?]

I woke up this morning and heard at 5.30 o'clock [Empidonax t. alnorum [Empidonax trailli alnorum]]
a Traill's Flycatcher in the woody stretch northeast of the house
behind Mrs. Druff's. It was exactly the song I heard in
June when I was with Will Brewster in Concord and later
in Waverley. Later in the morning I walked over that
region [?] and heard the bird singing a good deal. Then
walking along the edge of the wood till directly behind
this house I saw a Traill's Flycatcher and stood quite
near it. It was uttering its pep of alarm constantly
though it caught flies at invervals, flying from tree to
tree in a small space and alighting from 6 to 10 feet
above the ground. I should call this bird properly
the Alder Flycatcher.

I wandered about not far from the house after
breakfast and found the birds pretty abundant. Peabody
Birds were singing freely, their song getting broken as the
season advances. Juncos are abundant and in full song
A Purple Finch gave me two or three times his
rich melody and a Red Crossbill flew overhead
uttering his whit-whit. A Hermit sang beautifully
a few times but the Thrushes are nearly through
with their singing. I shall note the birds later
systematically. I shall also note the trees
on the point. The house of my sister Lucy Dexter
is on the tope of the ridge on the main road not
far from the Inn. It commands a beautiful
view of the Harbor (Winter Harbor) to the east.
The house faces a little south of west.