Walter Deane (1848-1930) Papers; Journal Jan-Dec 1901. Botany Libraries, Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, Mass.

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O Walter Deane, our Walter Deane, I think that you are very mean To worship the Immortal Bard Today of all days! It is hard For botanists, your friends so true, Not to get s'en a glimpse of you Upon your glorious natal day And to you their devotions pay. We mourn, alas you will not see us, Great rival of the great Linnaeus; And yet with love, although unseen, We greet you fondly, Walter Deane.

April 23 1901 E L R

In the youth of Walter Deane Little Walter was not clean For he chased with hand and foot For the long elusive root. —

I can't think of any more L.L.D.

[E.L.R. Apr. 23 1901]

10 Cambridge, Mass. 1901 April 28

The weather since my last entry on April 14 was cloudy, with no sun, and continual rains till the 26th when in the afternoon the sun came out and we have had fine weather since.

Will Brewster has gone to Concord and I am alone at the Museum. The trees are beginning to open their buds, but vegetation is very backward.

This morning I spent 2 1/2 hrs. in Waverley wandering over the Reservation. I saw nothing in flower as yet. The brook is high and the Falls were very fine. Two Antiopas were dancing in the sun and I also saw two Spring Azure Butterflies hatched from the chrysalis not long ago —

I saw the following birds: —

Sparrow Hawk, 1 in the meadow near where Lothrop found the nest Flicker, many* [in full song]. Blue Jay, a pair building a nest in Red Cedar in Upper Reserve Crows, several Red wings, many in Lower Reserv{e} about the swamp. Meadow larks, 4* [in full song]. Grackles, many in Lower Reserve, about the swamp. Purple Finch, one* [in full song] in Lower Reserve. Song Sparrow, several* [in full song] Reserve, & near. Cedar birds, two in red cedar White–bellied swallow, one, Lower Reserve. Chickadee, one : Robins, many* [in full song].

I saw two Gulls this PM. — George saw about 25 Gulls on Fresh Pond this morning. He saw a Robin's nest with 2 eggs on the old place, yesterday the 27th, I saw a ♀ [female] sharp-skinned Hawk at the Reservoir yesterday the 27.

11 A drive in Waverley & Belmont, Mass. 1901 May 5

The season is very backward both in the plant and the bird world. The cherry blossoms are not yet out and the leaves of the trees are just beginning to appear. This morning was very cool, almost cold, and cloudy. I drove with George, and my sister M. {Mary}, to Waverley and round through the "Willows" and up Marsh St.. Though the birds were very quiet we saw and heard a number — Larus a. smithsonianus [Larus argentatus smithsonianus]. Fresh Pond, sixty bunched in the middle. Buteo lineatus. Marsh St. Belmont. one chased by Crows, I saw him extend his legs & claws as the Crows dashed at him. Cyanocitta cristata. Waverley. ten harrying a Crow. The nest that I saw building on Apr. 28 in the Reservation is finished and a Jay was sitting on it. Corvus americanus. Frequent everywhere Quiscalus quiscala aeneus. Belmont, heard Agelaius phoeniceus. Marsh St. Several feeding in the low ground. Sturnella magna. Belmont. heard twice. Astrogalinus tristis. {Belmont. heard twice} Carpodacus purpureus {Belmont}. one*} [in full song] Melospiza fasciata {Belmont}. heard Spizella pusilla {Belmont}. one* [in full song] {Spizella} socialis {Belmont}. heard. Pipilo erythrophthalamus {Belmont. heard}. Tachycineta bicolor {Belmont}. two. Dendroica aestiva Cambridge. Garden. one* [in full song] {Dendroica} virens Belmont. Marsh St. one* [in full song] Parus atricapillus {Belmont}.* [in full song] Merula migratoria. here and there. — 18 species —

12 Waverley, Mass. 1901 May 12

A glorius day. The clouds in the morning breaking early into and forming into sunny masses. George & I took the electric to Waverley this morning and spent 2 or 3 hours wandering through the Reservation. The leaves are coming out rapidly now and the willows & birches are draped with their catkins. Saxifrage ({Saxifraga} virginiana). Columbine & Violets, the common sps. {species} are out. Beaver Brook is very full and the Waterfall is a mass of foaming water. The twelve white ducks in the Lower Pond attracted a good deal of attention. I was surprised to see them diving and swimming several rods under water. We listed the following birds, all in Waverley : —

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Colaptes a. {auratus} luteus 2*	Tachycineta bicolor 12
Chaetura pelagica, 4	Vireo gilvus 2*
Cyanocitta cristata, 2* 1 on nest seen Apr. 28 & May 5.	Mniotilta varia 1 ♂ {male} 1 ♀ {female} mating
Corvus americanus, 10	Dendroica aestiva 6*
Agelaius phoeniceus 6 ♂♂ {male} 1 ♀ {female}	{Dendroica} caerulescens 1* for about 20 min. end of lower Reserv.
Icterus galbula 2	{Dendroica} virens 2*
Quiscalus q. {quiscula} aeneus 6	Setophaga ruticilla 1*
Carpodacus purpureus 1*	Galeoscoptes carolinensis 3*
Astragalinus tristis 2*	Merula migratoria abundant*
Spizella socialis 6*	Sialia sialis 3*
Zamelodia ludoviciana 1 ♀ {female}	22 species
Melospiza fasciata 6*	—

Mrs. J. B. Greenough saw a male Hummer outside of her window this morning. I saw my first Olive-backed Thrush this afternoon in the Garden.

*[in full song]

13 Belmont, Cambridge & Waverley, Mass. 1901 May 26

Birds observed this morning in a drive with George through Waverley & Belmont. [Dend?]

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Anas obscura 1✓ "Willows	Dendroica aestiva abundant*
Colinus virginianus 1* Arlington Heights	Dendroica pensylvanica 2*
Coccyzus sp. {species} ✓	D. blackberniae 1 ♂ [male] Waverley
Ceryle alcyon 1 Ciderhill Pond	Dendroica virens 2*
Chordeiles virginianus 1 ✓ "Willows" 11 A.M.	Seiurus aurocapillus 3*
Chaetura pelagica abundant everywhere	Geothlypis trichas ♂ * 2 ♀
Tyrannus tyrannus 6	Setophaga ruticilla abundant*
Empidonax minimus abundant "Willows"	Galeoscoptes carolinensis 1
Cyanocitta cristata ♂ ♀ both on the Beaver Brook Reserv. feeding young & cleaning the nest.	Troglodytes aedon 1 Marsh St.
Corvus americanus abundant	Hylocichla mustelinus {mustelina} 1*
Dolichonyx oryzivorus saw 6 in the air at once. very abundant* "Willows"	Hylocichla fuscescens 1* Waverly, saw 6 at "Willows"
Agelaius phoeniceus, numberous "Willows"	—
Sturnella magna 1* {"Willows"}	Merula migratoria abundant
Icterus galbula numerous	Sialia sialis 2* "Willows"
Quiscalus q. {quiscula} aeneus several, Fresh Pond	Ardea virescens 1 ✓ Waverley
Astragalinus tristis 1* "Willows"	Nycticorax N. {nycticorax} naevius 1 at "Willows" chased by Redwings.
Spizella socialis. several
{Spizella} pusilla 2* Marsh St.	44 sps. {species}
Melospiza fasciata abundant* "Willows"
Pipilo erythrophthalamus 1 calling, Marsh St.
Cyanospiza cyanea 3* ♂♂	This afternoon I saw Coccyzus americanus one, on Fayerweather St. and heard a Flicker.
Passer domesticus abundant
Petrochelidon lunifrons 1 ✓ "Willows"	—
Chelidon erythrogaster abundant	—
Tachycineta bicolor a few	Total 46 Sps. {species}
Ampelis cedrorum 10	—
Vireo olivaceus 1*	—
Vireo gilvus 2 or 3	—
Helminthophila rubricapilla 1 Marsh St. feeding in oak, tame	—

[✓ in flight] [* in full song]