. Bulletin of the Michigan Ornithological Club. Michigan Ornithological Club; Birds. Michigan Ornithological Club 7 fectly "at home" there. The next day (July 7th), I returned to the same place, and hoped this time to surprise the female on the nest. T therefore very cautiously approached the spot, and while still a few rods away, flushed her from the ground. She flew a few feet and rested on a small jack pine. I examined the spot where I flushed her, but found no nest. She acted the same as the day before, fluttering her wings and tumbling to the ground, all the time uttering a fain
. Bulletin of the Michigan Ornithological Club. Michigan Ornithological Club; Birds. Michigan Ornithological Club 7 fectly "at home" there. The next day (July 7th), I returned to the same place, and hoped this time to surprise the female on the nest. T therefore very cautiously approached the spot, and while still a few rods away, flushed her from the ground. She flew a few feet and rested on a small jack pine. I examined the spot where I flushed her, but found no nest. She acted the same as the day before, fluttering her wings and tumbling to the ground, all the time uttering a faint chip-chip. I searched the ground care- fully for several rods around this spot, but failed to find the nest. I did find a place at the base of a small jack pine which looked as if hollowed out for a nest. T have not been able to account for the peculiar actions of this female at the two places unless this hollow was the beginning of the. Fig. 2. The first known nest of Kirtland's Warbler. nest. I visited this spot a few days later, but failed to find either bird. This pair of birds made five birds that I had seen and heard. The first colony contained two pair of birds, and this colony two pair more. I saw three birds here. On the morning of July 8th T started in company with Mr. J. A. Parmalee to drive to the North Branch of the Au Sable, about seven miles distant. Mr. Parmalee was with Mr. Gale when he shot the Kirtland Warbler on June loth. The valley of the Au Sable is from three to five miles wide at this place, and is terraced. The first terrace is about fifteen. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Michigan Ornithological Club. Grand Rapids, Mich. : The Club
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