page [5] 16 Feb 1900 (seq. 6)

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Drive to Brookline, Mass.
1890
Feb. 16

The afternoon was clear and cool, the ground
entirely bare of snow as has been the case
all winter with the exception of a very few
days. At 2 P.M. Will and I drove over to
Miss Blanch Kendall's, Brookline to see a
little bird that has been wintering there
and was thought to be a Ruby-crowned King-
let. Miss Kendall & her sister welcomed
us and we sat in the parlor for some time
watching the two lumps of suet hanging
on the porch. The birds are numerous and
tame. Continous woods and groves keep
them. We did not see the strange bird, out
from Miss Kendall's description. Will thinks
it is an Orange-crowned Warbler, a hardy
bird that has wintered here before. It is un-
common at best. Mr. Kennard has seen the
bird and he says it is not a Kinglet.
We saw two Red-breasted & some White-breasted
Nuthatch feeding in the suet, beside several
Chickadees. The latter are very tame,
and I took some broken bits of nut in
my hand, and went out to the piazza
and held out my hand. Immediately
a Chickadee fly down from the vine,
and alighted on my hand, and feed. It
was a pretty sight to see the trusting
little bird and to feel the pressure of
its little claws.

We returned home by 5 P.M.