One Barn Swallow’s nest, containing four eggs.
Two Red-winged Blackbirds’ nests, each with four eggs. Both nests were broken up. One was entirely empty and the other contained the shells of the eggs. I could not find out the cause of this double tragedy.
A HOUSE WREN ENTERING ITS NEST IN A FENCE-POST
Two House Wrens’ nests. Both of these were in fence-posts. I caught one bird with the camera just as it was entering the nest.
Two Chipping Sparrows’ nests. One was in an unusual place, on the limb of a Norway spruce that projected over the porch roof. I got some very good photographs of this family, which consisted of the parents and three young. The young were hatched on June 6, and they left the nest on June 15.
One Kingbird’s nest, containing three eggs, was on a limb of a willow tree that extended over a pond about ten feet. The nest itself was three feet above the water.
One Flicker’s nest. I could not determine the number of young in this nest, but I knew they were there by their hissing at a shadow over the entrance to the nest.
This year the Bobolink appeared in the neighborhood of Fredon for the first time in at least four years, if not more.