The Christmas Bird Census 25
BOSTON. MASS. (ARNOLD ARBORETUM)
December 23, 9.15 to 3.15. Cloudy; wind, southwest, light; temp., 34" to 38°.
Bob White, 33; Sharp-shinned Hawk, 1; Downy Woodpecker, r; Flicker, 3; Blue jay, 19; Crow, 15; Goldfinch, 2: White—throated Sparrow, 2; Tree Sparrow, 1+; Junco, 17; Song Sparrow, 8; Northern Shrike, r; Myrtle Warbler, 2; Brown Creeper, 3; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 5; Chickadee, 4. Total, r6 species, I30 individuals. (On December 9, a female Red-winged Blackbird was seen upon the snow among tall grasses bordering a watercourse feeding upon the seeds.)7 HORACE W. WRIGHT.
CAMBRIDGE, ARLINGTON, AND BELMONT, MASS.
December 26, 8.45 to 4.4.5. Clear; wind, westerly, very light; temp., 35"
Herring Gull, 450 (Fresh Pond, Cambridge, 300; still coming in‘at 9.30 A. 31.); Rufled Grouse, r; Marsh Hawk, 1; small Hawk (probably Sparrow Hawk), 1; Downy Woodpecker, 1; Flicker, 6: Blue Jay, 4—5; Crow, 18—20; Purple Finch, l: Goldfinch, 3—4.; Tree Sparrow, 20—25; Junco, r9; Song Sparrow, ro—rz; Winter Wren, I; Brown Creeper, 3; Red~breasted Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 20; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 13. Total, 17 species, 563 individuals.
On December 17 one of us saw a Hermit Thrush in the Harvard Botanical Gardens, Cambridge, and on December r8, 4. Red»winged Blackbirds, r4 Meadmvlarks, and r Rusty Blackbird in the marshes around Fresh Pond, Cambridgei HOWARD M. TURNER and RICHARD T. EUsTis.
FRESH POND MARSHES, VVREN ORCHARD, BELMONT SPRINGS, AND ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, MASS.
December 26, 8.15 to 3.45.
Black—back Gull, I; Herring Gull, 150; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Flicker, 6; Blue jay, 5; Crow, 19; Cowbird, or Red-winged Blackbird, 2; Purple Finch, 2; Gold‘ finch, 7.}; Tree Sparrow, 58; Junco, 47; Song Sparrow, I7; Swamp Sparrow, 2; Long- billed Marsh Wren, J; Brown Creeper, 3; Chiekadee, 12; Golden»crowned Kinglel, 6; Robin, 32. Total, 19 species, Hr indivi<lllals.—ARTHL‘R C. Comer.
WORCESTER, MASS.
Time, re A. .u. to 3 p. M. Cloudy, drizzling rain part the time; wind, almost none, northeast; temp., 34°.
Rtifierl Grouse, 3; Blue Jay, 15: Crow, 6; Goldfinch, I; Tree Sparrow, about 50: Junco, about 25; Brown Creeper, 2; Red-breasted Nuthatch, 3; Chickadee, 17; Golden- crowned Kinglet, 5. Total, 10 species. about r27 individuals.~W. P. PARKER.
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
December 26, n A. M. to 2 e. M. Clear, later overcast; wind, west, light; temp., o
42 . Flicker, I; Crow, 1; Blue jay, 4,; Goldfinch, 3; Tree Sparrow, 20 to 40; junco, r2 to 20; Song Sparrow, r; Chickadee, 4.; Bluebird, 4. (one singing); Swamp Sparrow, 5-, Celarbird. r. Total. 11 species, about 84 individuals—ANNA E. COBB.
