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General
Redstart

Dendroica maculosa

Black throated Green Warbler

general.

Nashville Warbler
Connecticut Warbler

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the Half Moon Woods. It was quite chilly and not many birds were seen at first. The Redstarts were nearly all gone. I shot three in perfect plumage. They were very quick in their motions and were hard to identify excepting the males. Frequently they dropped and tumbled nearly to the ground after insects.

I only saw one D. maculosa outside of the Tamarack Swamp. They had a note [[underline]] chip [[/underline]] which reminded me of the Myrtle Warbler. They also gave a note like [[underline]] chee-e [[/underline]]. Frequently one would come down a limb only a few feet away and eye me in a curious fashion. They were not so restless as the others. They were feeding on small green worms and moved slowly peering about for them.

A Black throated Green Warbler came out in a limb so that the sun struck it. I looked at it through the glass and thought it was H. chrysoptera. Then I saw white wing-base and shot thinking it was something new.

Warblers were very thick. One minute I was surrounded by them and the next all were gone and I would follow on in their wake. Saw what I took to be a Nashville Warbler hopping around among the branches but it was the Connecticut Warbler the first I ever shot. According to Kumlien & Holllister it is rare in the state.