page [11] 5 May 1901 (seq. 13)

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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 —

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 —