Seasonal Report Archive for The Loon

Species	Information
Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks
Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors)	Breckenridge, Prosser, and Turner went with Dr. Roberts' bird class to New Brighton May 22nd. There they found the nest of a Blue-winged with 6 eggs. Two days later, May 24th. Breckenridge found a nest with 11 eggs ncar Wyoming, MinnEI-!P·• seta. Mr. and 1-1rs. E. D. Swedenborg and Upson wel~e in the field together on May.3oth, when they found 2 nests, each With 11 eggs. Breckenridge found the latest nest on June 1.3th. The five eggs hatched June 20th. Swanson saw the last brood, one of 8 young, at Thief Lake, Harshall County, on ·June 27th.
Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)	In Anoka County on May 1Sth, Swanson fotUld a Spoonbill nest with 9 eggs. Breckenridge reported later thn.t tho same nest had 1.3 eggs on May 24th. Dr. Roberts• book gives 6 to 12 as tho usual number of eggs.
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)	Swanson saw the only Northern Pintail nest of the year on May 18th. This nest, seen in Anoka County, held 10 eggs.
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)	For a record of this· bird's nesting, we must again turn to Mr. Breckenri\ige. No act'Uill nest was discovcrod, but on June 19th and several times after that Brockemridge saw old birds which were much concarnod over hie presence ~d doubtless had young. The locality was Round Lake, nenr Minneapolis. The Flicker, 1935 -12
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)	Dobie found a clutch of 12 lU-ng-necked eggs June 5th.. Park Rnpids was the Vincinity.
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)	Nest hunters found 2 Whistler f:J.Illilies in Cook Co1mty. Kenneth C rlander is first with a record of 7 younG unable to fly at "\!Test Bearskin Lake. He saw them on June 19th, whon they were only a couple of days old, and en June 21st when they could dive but could r:ot f:i.y. Prosser and Swodnonborg were at Christine Lake near Ccribeu ~~e on Juno 26th just at ~he right time to find a femnle with 22 young a week old• Dr. Roberts' book states that this tree-nesting species has eggs numbering 118-12, sometimes 15-18, the latter number probably due to tt..ro birds laying in the same nest. 11 The earliest 1935 Goldeneye nest was seen May 24th by Dobie. He submitted no further data on it.
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)	This season it took Prosser and Swedenborg, the Bird Club's crack nost-findir.g conbination, to brj_ng in a record of tho big Sheldrake. They saw a female -vlith 9 snail young on Caribou Lo.ko June 24th.
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)	Minnesota Bird Club members were especially good at finding duck nests this year. Very few Ruddy Ducks had been seen hero for several yeoxs past, but during the past season they were found quite connonly. Breckenridge found thor:1 resident throughout the breeding season I:tear Minneapolis, and he spent many nn afternoon skirting lnkos in search of their nests. On June 29th, when he had o.lmost given up hope of finding the nest of the saucy little Spike Tail, he cru~c u~on a deserted nest vdth 4 broken eggs at Round Lake. This ccnstitutes the only record of the year.
Partridge, Pheasants, Grouse, Turkeys
Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)	Last March a female Pheasant at vlillmar eit.her was going by a faulty calendar or had not read the Minnesota Pheasant nesting datos listed in Dr. Roberts' book, because she built a nest and laid some eggs in it about the middle of March~ Charles DuToit, Dr. Alden Risser, and Upson found tho nest with 2 broken fresh eggs on March 25th to set a new Minnesota early Pheasant nesting record. On May 22nd Breckenridge, Prosser and Turner saw a girl in Dr. Roberts' class unknowingly stop over a brooding hen without flushing it at Rush L.'\ke, Anoka County. Swanson found a nest with 10 eggs May 5th, and Erickson saw a hen with a one-fourth-grcw.n brood at Coon Creek, Anoka County, July 21st.
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)	George Rysgaard saw a Dabchiok nest with 7 eggs May 30th, and Robert Upson saw another on tho s~e dcte. Breckenridge found 7 eggs in a nest at Round L~te on June 13th, and Sl..fanson is next 'nth a nest with 8 eggs at Long Lake June 23rd. On June 28th Breckenridge returned to the nest he had found just in time to get some re..'11arkable motion pictures of the young hatching and climbing onto the parent bird's back. Charles Evans and Upson saw the last nest on July 4th when it contained 3 eggs.
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)	Not often is the nest of the grc~t Red-noclced Grebe found, yet 4 M.B.C. members saw nests during the past. nesting season. Gusto..v Swanson reports a nest wh:i.ch he found at Annandale, May 30th. In it wore 5 dull, whii•e~ eggs. John Dobie writes from Park P.apids that on Ju..11e. 6th he saw a.nest being built. On June 9th, R. M. Berthel saw an adult bird at Birch Lake,· a mile from White Bear Lake. On June 23rd, he returned and found a nest 'dth 6 eggs. On Jttne 28th~ he showed the nest to Breckenridge who photographed it. When Berthel oame back July 20th, he found an old bird with 5 young, another old bird with 6 J•ou:1g, anc1 2 other old birds standing guard at a distn...'1ce. Evidently there had been a. second nest which Barthel had not soen. The Flicker, 1935 -10
Pigeons, Doves
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)	The nest Prosser found May 5th vras the earliest as well as the most unusual. It held two eggs and wns situated 2 feet from a American Robin's nest in a spruce tree. Turner found a young in the pinfeather stnge lying on a bare girder of the Cedar Avenue bridge across Long Hendows May.30th. At Linwood Lake Juno 15th Cnrlander nenrly stopped on a gro'md-nosting dove before she flushed from her 2 eggs. The last two nests each had 2 eggs and were found by Breckenridge July 31st.
Cuckoos
Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus)	Near Excelsior June 13th Swedenborg found a set of two eggs, and Breckenridge reports seeing a pair building July 30th.
Nightjars
Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)	Dobie saw 2 eggs near Park Rnpids June 11th, and at Lake Pokeg~ June 24th. Mahle saw a set of 2 eggs. Brec!:enridge is third ~:.. with a record of 2 young mosquito hawks seen Ju:J..y 6th, rutd Hrs. Peterson is last with 2 young scc.n.J-u:cy-9th at Halkor.
Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)	Upson saw a nest June 12th which he thought contain.ed young because the mother bird mad.e pumping motions with her head as if regurgitating food. On tho sruno dato, Presser at Lnke Lim-rood saw an incubating female. On Juno 19th he saw a nest being built also at Linwood. On July 9th he teturned to this last nest and found it occupied by 2 young.
Rails, Gallinules, Coots
KING RAIL (Rallus elegans)	Breckenriqge found the King Rc1.il present at Rou.nc1 L.~.ke throughout the breeding season, but he 1ocntec1. no nest of this uncommon bird.
Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)	Barthel saw 10 eggs of an early bird o.t Lake Kl.:tito May 9th. May 30th Turner saw 9 eggs lO Brackenridge saw 3 eggs Mny 31st, 8 eggs June 21st, and 10 eggs June 28th. Breckenridge found 3 nests, the first 2 on May 28th contained 12 and 5 eggs respectively. On May 31st he found another with.3 eggs.
Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)	George Rysgaard found a nest on May.30th. It had 1 egg when he first sa,., it, and 4 on June 2nd. Brecl~enriclge saw a nest with 12 eggs on June 21st.. Evans and Upson sn.vr the lo.tcst nest on July 4th. It contained 6 eggs.
American Coot (Fulica americana)	Tho enrliest nests wore 2 each contn.ininc 3 eggs f'o\ll'ld l~ay 28th by Brec~onridgc. Evru1s and Upson saw tho latest nest, one \dth 4 eggs, on July 4th.
Cranes
Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)	The only observer reporting this rare bird was Ralph Woolsey, who found u nest with 2 eggs on June 22nd at Goose Lnke in Battl6~unty. This nest was later destroyed by grazing
Plovers
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)	Sterling Brackett, Carlandor, and Turner nearly stopped on a Killdeer which was brooding 4 eggs April 27th. Tho first young out of tho nest were seen at Lake Harriet on May 12th by Milton Thompson. Breckenridge furnishes uawith the latest record, 4 eggs on July 1st, 16 -~Flick~, 1935
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)	Tho Lake of' the Woods colony of Piping Plover,.,as visited again in 1935, this time by Ralph Woolsey, who found n nest of 4 eggs on Curry Island July 20th. He comments that tho season was apparently late. Upon visiting the area again Aut;ust 10th he fo\ll'ld the water level so high ·that any nGsts built later than the first visit were flooded~
Sandpipers
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)	The earliest record is of 1 dov.ny youn;; seen by Breokenridge June 13th. The earliest eggs reported we?e 4 seen by Moree in the St. Croix Forest June 24th. Thompson reported the latest record. He saw 2 young off the nest on J-uly 2nd at Eveleth.
Gulls, Terns
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)	Sl.-ranson, who gets around the state more than the other Bird Blubbers, 1vas on hand at Lake Superior Nay 21st to find 20 nests with 1 egg, 11 with 2 eggs, ru1d 12 with 3 eggs. On June 25th, Prosser and Swedwnborg wore on Lake Superior near Grand Marais, Cook County. There they found 11 nests with 3 eggs, 3 with 1 egg, and 1 with 1 egg. Upson visited Beaver Bay on Lake Suporior, July 9th -13th. He noted adults feeding large, dark young, all 9f which were out of the nest and some of which could fly.
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)	Prosser and Swedenborg saw 2 nests contQining 2 and 3 eggs on June 8th. Evans and Upson found the latest nest on July 4th. They saw 1 nest with 2 eggs, and 2 nests with 3 eggs.
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)	At Leach Lake on July 9th, Mrs. C. E. Peterson observed young of various ages and eggs in the nests. At Curry Islm1d, Lake of the Woods, Ralph Woolsey found 1 nest with 3 eggs July 2oth.
Loons
Common Loon (Gavia immer)	Walter J. Breckenridge found a deserted Common Loon nest at White Bear Lake on June 28th. It contained 1 addled egg.
Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Night-Herons
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)	The only observer to report on the Bittern this year wns Dobie, who is stationed at Park Rapids. On June 11th he found 4 eggs.
Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)	This elusive little slough resident hid its nests from all but 2 observers this year. Breckenridge with his water skiis located 2 nests, 2 with 2 eggs, and 2 with 4 og~s, on Juno 21st. For July 7th he reports 3 nore vD.th 4, 4, and 5 eggs in each. Evnns and Upson, the Blub's nee bog-trotters, take the record fol.' number of Least Bittern nests in one day. They spcmt a merry July 4th finding 8 nests of this species, 2 with young,. ·. and 6 with eggs. ' I Five members sent in data on this common species; Dobie of Park Rapids is earliest with 12 eggs for May 6th. Breckenridge saw 7 downy.young on May 28th, 9 young on 1'4ay.31st, 1 and ; young on June 13th, and 9 young on July 1st. Sterling.. -·::· ·· · . Brackett came across a nest with 7 eggs along the shore of a bay of Itasca Lake on May 3oth.-Prosser saw several small young at :New Brighton June 7th, and MariUs Morse saw 2 :· :·: families on a small marsh in the st. CroiX Forest, June 24th.
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)	Berthel was visiting Lake Koronis near Paynesville on July 4th. While there, he saw tho Great Blue Heron rookery, which at that time had five nests still in use. The nearly-grown young \oiCrc climbing around in the elm trees which harbored the colony. Four of the large elems had been killed by the droppings of the birds.
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)	Breckenridge, Dr. C. C. Prosser, and Robert Turner of the Bird Club went with Dr. Roberts' bird class Juno 3rd to an extensive Night Heron colony ncar St. Paul in P~~sey County. The colony \oTas in a. tamarack swo.rup, nnd the limber tamaracks had been whipped about in the l-Tind so rauch that many of the pale green eggs had been s pillod from the nests in the tops. Prosser wallred through the swamp sc~ing up the birds, and the other observers, who stood at a. distance, estimated that there were 200 birds in the air. Four nests contained 4 eggs, 1 nest contained 2 eggs, and the eggs of a. sixth nust examined had been spilled to earth.
Kites, Accipiters, Hawks, Eagles
Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)	On Hay 11th, Evans, Tur~er, and Upson flush0d a female from a nest where she had boon incubating 3 eggs. The well-built reed nest wns a platform raised 8 inches above the foot of water in which it stood. It was situated 100 yards from shore in an open marsh filled with broken dead reeds. The female circled tho nest at a distance of 200 ynrds until the intruders left. Morse found a. nest on the ground in a 11 dryn cedar swamp in the Cloquet Valley Forest on May 27th. Tho parent was incubating 4 eggs, and a fifth egg, W1ich had been cracked, lay at the edge of the nest. Swodenborg and Upeon came upon the last nest on May 3oth. It held 5 eggs. P. 14 -The Flicker, 1935
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)	Dr. and Hrs. Donald l1a.hle report a nest with J eggs seen at Gray Cloud Island on May 5th. !Tosser sa.w ·allc>t.her nest at Linwood Lake, Anoka County. On June 7th the female was in cubating 4 eggs, and when Upson saw thi~ nest on June '15th the 4 young had just hatched. On July 19th a single young bird remainedo ·
American Goshawk (Accipiter atricapillus)	If it happens again next year we shall have to adr,ut that it has become n habit with Morse. Last year he found a nest of this unconmon Accipitor and this year he has again found near Cloquet, a nest of the biggest bird hawk. In the Cloquet Valley Forest 15 feet up in a ?-inch white pine located in n stand of young Norway pines he made one of the best fli1ds of the year, a nest containing 3 young Northern Goshawks. On the snr,1o day that Horse saw the nest, May 16th, a trapper shot one of the parent birds.
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)	Writing from Park Rapids near Itasca Park, Dobie reports a nest seen May 29th. An aerie of our national bird was ·:,,·-~·;;,, ' watched by Charles Rief last summer in Itasca Park. The nest located in a tree, contained eggs that hatchod. before June 3oth. The young were out of the nest by July 15th.
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)	T~c bird class with Breckenridge, Prosser and Turner caught a glimpse of a Broad-winged slipping off its nest fifty feet up in a tree at Coon Crook, Anoka County, }~y 27th. The nest was somewhat inaccessible, and tne contents were not inves tigated. Dobie of Park Rapids saw the first nest of this species May 6th•
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)	Mahle, interning a.t Glen Lake, saw a nest with 2 eggs there April 20tho About this same tima BreclrenridgEl saw a nest with 2 eggs on his square-mile study area just; nor·bh of Minneapolis. In.Anoka County, Swanson saw 3 eggs May 5th. Breckenridge and Tt1rner ret.urned to the mile study area May ~ ··. 23rd and found a sterile egg and 1 0-d.ay. old young in a p~~< 1. • viously uninvestigated nest. When Breckenridge climbed to this nest high in an oak, one of the parent birds swooped .with roaring wings 'tdthin half-a-dozen feet of' his head. ( '''
Screech-Owls, Owls
Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio)	Acting as instructor to the bird olass, Brecl,enridge discovered and pointed out to the class a Eastern Screech-Owl sitting in the entrance of a nest hole. This occurred at Coon Creek Hay 27th. Rysgaard sa"' the only 2 young reported,on June 9th. They had just left the nest.
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)	Dobie saw a nest in the vicinity of Pnrk Rapids April 2nd. In a nest that hadibeen used for the last several years, BraCkett found 3 downy young one-third grown April 21st about 2 miles west of Shakopee. The nest lay in a large hollow snag of a huge basswood tree.
Barred Owl (Strix varia)	Robert Haas, Horace Paul, Risser and Turner were wa.lldng among some largo trees at Frontenac May 25th when Paul spotted a half-grown downy Barred Owl standing outside its nest hole, 15 feet above.the ground in a big tree trunk. Risser, always adventurous, climbed to tho holo and found 2 more young inside. The parent birds both flew and perch ed within 100 feet of the observers, hooting and howling nll tho time in protest. At Lake Minnetonka June 5th, Mrs. F.ra.nklin Crosby, Jr. pointed out another half-grow Barred Owl to the bird class.
Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa)	Tho best thing submitted this year was a record from P. o. Fryklund of the first }finncsota nest of the biggest owl. Fryklund writes that Henry Halvarson, a trapper living in a camp a milo south of the Manitoba boundu.y in Roseau County, was running his trap lines April 4th when he saw 2 big owls in a tamarack swamp whore he was picking up wolf snares. Keeping close watch of them, he discovered their nest with 3 eggs, 15 feet from the ground in a ·medium largo tamarack. The nest's construction was from tamarack branches and the hollow was lined with gras.s, deer hair, and down from the owls. Halvarson took the nest intact to ~rklund who mailed it to Dr. Roberts for identification. Fryklund, hlld been led to believe 2 years ago that this owl nests in this state when, in sexing a Minnesota spGcimen, he had found eggs 3/4ths of an inch long. The Flicker, 1935 -18
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)	Prosser observed a kingfisher tunnelling in·iio a bank in /1Iloka. County, April 30th.
Woodpeckers
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)	At Coon Creek, Anoka County, a Red-hec.d·.. · chiselled c. nest hole in a red oak stub. When erickson ca.tle along July 5th there wore 4 young almost ready to leave the nest. Ten dnys later, July 15th, Prosser watched another Anoka County Red-houd feeding young in a nest at Johnsville. Leander Fischer and Turner saw a bird of this species enter a nest hole June 15th at Linwood Lake. I:n the srune locality on July 2nd, Prosser found a Yelliw-bclJ.y to be feeding· youn~ in tho nest·. · # -\
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)	A nesting hole of this species was seen by 1va.ns, Tumor and Upson May 11th, but the contents were not determinGd. Both parents stood by anxiously as Upson tried to climb to the inaccessible hole,
Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)	Prosser looked on as an industrious and early little Downy began pecking out a nest hold April 15th. Rysg:::tnrd reports a nest for April 29th, and Upson watched adults feed Qlo.morous young in the nest June 22nd, Prosser and Swodneborg saw young out of the nest at Linwood Lake en July 6th~
Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus)	A Hairy seen by Prosser April 24th at Linwood L:ike was excavating tho under side of a horizontal l~~b. On June 7th, young were being fed in the nest. Turner clinibed to the first occupied nest reported, and found, judging by the squotU~ ing from 'Wii;.hin the trunk' 4 or nero Jrcung on Hay 12th.
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)	The Na.rth Dakota. state bird must be as conmon here as anywhere judging by the number of nests reported, Thompson saw both tho first and the last, an adult on its nest at Lo.ko I·L.'\rriet May 18th and an adult feeding 2 young at its nest at Eveleth July 27th. From up north, Carlander brings a report of young in a hole hole at West Bearskin Lake, Cook County, June 17th. Mrs. Peterson writes from Madison that she found young out of the hole there June 3oth,
Caracaras, Falcons
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)	Breckenridge led the bird class north of l~eapolis to his one-mile study area to show the erubr-tonic ornithologists a Pileatcd vJoodpecker nest hold in a white bir(}h stub. He ho.d seen the bird excavating same time boforc. He led the class to the stub, rappad 'vigorously, and a.ll expected to see a Pileated emerge, but, much to eV·Jryone t s surprise, the bird that cnme out was a female Spo.rr0w Hawk~ Tho contents of the Pileatcd-Spc.rrcw Havrk nest hole ·vrere not investigated. On July 8th at Glen Lake, Arnold E:d.ckson sn'.-r o. mother Sparrow Hawk feeding 2 week-old young on a telephone pole. It takes a couple game manage~s to find tho first nests of this forest-dwelling bird. Dohic ferreted cut a nest with 13 eggs near Park l1apids May 23rd and Horse discovered the second nest of tho year on May 27th~ It contained 8 eggs, and was under a fire-charred log in a young aspen stand in the Cloquet Valley Forest. The Mobles. saw young out of the nest at Lake Pokegama on ~~e 24th. Prosser and Swedenborg saw 4 families vTith small young from June 23rd ·:. to June 27th in the Caribou Lake region.
Flycatchers
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)	A nest •m.s seen but not investigated by Breckenridge June 26th. And on July 1oth, Erickson observed paront Crested · Clycatchors feeding young in c.n inaccessible stub. '! 20 -Tho Flicker, 1935
Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)	In an old Rcbints nest on a shelf built for Rooins to nest on, Swnnson found 3 eggs of the VTestern or AJ.•k::~.nsas Eastern Kingbird June 27th at Thief Lake. lvJrs. Peterson saw 2 n~sts uncer construction at Madison on June 24th and June 30th. The young loft both of ·these nests on August 4th.
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)	Lnst Nay 25th, Risser, Paul, Erickson~ Haas, Turner arid the others who were t.here saw a kingbi:ix11s nest 'With 2 eggs at Frontenac. Swanson -vrent to Thief Lr.ke Juno 27·th and discovered 6 nests, each with from 3 to 5 eggs,
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)	Tho only roccrd cones from Risser, who so.w young out of the nest being fed nt Sturgeon Lake on July 30th.
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)	As with so tlllllY other species, Dr. Prosser sa\1 the first Pewee going o.bout its nesting o.ctivities. On June 6th at Linwood Ln.kc ho sn.w one building a nest which ho found occupied July 2nd. R:ysgo.ard souc;ht cut tho first nest with an egg in it on June 14th. Later nests seen were on July 10th, 4 smo.ll yo\Ulg in nost, BreckenridGe nnd Prossor; anc1 July 11th, 2 eggs, Breckenridge and Pressor. These lnst 2 nests wore also at Linwood.
Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum)	Four young Alder Flycatchers were seen July 19th at Case Lake by Thompson.
Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)	Prosser found 4 fresh eggs JU."'le 13th at Linwood Lc.ke, and Swedenborg found the sane number the noxt dny nenr Excelsior. In western Minnesota, Mrs. Petcrs~n saw o. adtut incubo.ting as lo.te as July 14th. Tho ln.st nest, con~o.ining 4 young, was found by Breckenridge July 16th.
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)	Prosser and Swedonborg so.w o. Eastern Phoebe building J..pril 2oth. Swedenborg carle upon a nest holdillb an ogg on Hey 4th. Reclrds of f'rcn 3 to 5 eggs cr young run all through tho rot1o.indor of Mny, through June, through July, and up to the 1;5th of August and oooc !'ron all parts of the State. Thonpson sn.w 3 young in a nest at Eveleth August 15th for the latest recorc. The closestobserved Eastern Phoebe nest was the one in the old stone quarry en the University of Hinnesota canpus. The nest, first scan by Evans, was wo.tched. fron time to time by a.l~lost all the· nenbcrs of the M. B. C. It was conplctecl but onpty on :tny 7th. On Mn.y 11th, it wns still enpty. Lo.ter it contained 2 Brown-headed Cowbird om~s (1 of. which was removed by Risser), then 1 Brown-headed Cowbird c.nd 1 Eastern Phoebe egg, and on May 1·5th, 1 Eastern Phoebe egg. May 16th found it cuupty, but on May 24th, there ws e. Eastern Phoebe egg, and on May 28th there were 5 Eastern Phoebe eggs.
Vireos
Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)	Prosser, who sav·a nest with 4 eggs June 12th at Linwood Lake, gives us our single complete record.
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)	Twenty-five feet up in ari elm the University bird class saw a Rod-oye,sitting on her nest at Lake Minnetonka Juno 5th. Upson reports a bird buildinG June 12th, Turner another June 15th at Linwood~ afld Pros3or a third June 19th at Lillwood. Prosser's second June 19th nest with 2"eggs at Linwood is the first conplete record., ·At Caribou Lake P.rosser.and ' Swedenborg saw a nest which had been under construction. June 23rd finished June 29th. Returning to Linwood July 6th Prosser and Swedenborg found 3 eggs. Erickson saw 3 young a week old in Goodhue County July 29th. 26 -~licker, 1935
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)	Upson furnishes an interesting record. He came across a completed but empty nest April 19th that had a jublinnt mo.le singing nearby. Two eggs wore in tho nest which Prosser saw in Hennepin County May 1oth. And on May 19th Swodonborg saw 2 nests containing 5 and 6 eggs.
Jays, Nutcrackers, Magpies, Crows
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)	Prosser found a Blue Jay buildj.ng as early as April 24th. Carlandcr' s report of 3 young SEien along tho Hin.TJ.esota River 11ay 26th is the first record of young for 1935, but a nest with 6 eggs was seen by Upson May 15th. The latest nest is one which Breckenridge found contained 5 young July 2nd.
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)	Two records of American Crow nests were submi-tted. Upson sa"' 5 eggs April 19th, and Co.rlnnder saw a nest with an wJmown number of eggs April 25th.
Chickadees, Titmice
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)	Prosser writes that on June 24th at Caribou Lake, Cook County, he and Swedonborg found a chiclmdoo feeding young out of tho nest.
Larks
Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)	Although this bird usually n~sts in the open C1ountry, the first nest found this year was in a M:inneapoli.s parl{. Turner, watching an adult bird with Dr. Roberts' and the bird class April 22nd at the edge of Lake Nokanis, saw a tuft of fuzz materialize into a dovmy yonng lark. His dead brother was found a few.feet from the nest. Ri:~ser came across o. nest May 2nd '\oThich had in it 1 living and 1 dead young. These were the only 2 records subraittcd.
Martins, Swallows
Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)	Swallot.rs of this species were r abuilding last yoar' s nest under a bridge in Anoka Connty Nay 22nd accord:Lng to Prosser. On May 19th Swedenborg saw a nest lined but empty • And on June 1st, he discovered nests with 2 and 4 eggs a.t Ona.mia. Erickson is la.st, for he eamo upon a nest with 4 eggs July 27th in Morrison County.
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)	On Hay 20th, Tree S'\otallows were seen co.rrying nesting material into holes in medium sized willows. Turner was the observer.
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)	Dr. Prosser found many of these birds at work April.30th, tunnelling into a bank nenr a lake in Anoka Co1mty, On July 21st, Breckenridge so.w young not in tho nest, but 3 largo young seen by Swodenborg had not left thc~:l~r nest July 28th.
Purple Martin (Progne subis)	Strnngely enough, the members of the Bird Club send in the fewest reports for the commonest species. This year the number of Holbo<:..ll1 s Grobe records is the same as tho combined records of English Sparrow, American Crow and Martin. In order to include the :V.18l'tin in this nesting articlB, the writer had to furnish the only reoord by thii'lJdng back to Hay ;?.5th 111hen he and the rest of the Bird Club saw but did not inv0stigate several occupied r~tin houses at ~rontenac.
Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)	Eight pairs of Cliff Swallows nested o.t the farm south of '· ·.. : Minneapolis on Penn Avenue last season. Swedu1borg found 3 nests nearly completed May 19th, and Dr. Rob(3rtst bird class found 3 still under construction May 29th. On a trip to Th:iof toke, Marshall County, Swanson so.w th~:Jro 21 uninvest:igatod nests on June 27th~ 22 -The Fli9ker, 1935
Kinglets
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)	Only Prosser reports on this sprightly little northerner, but he saw many families af young out of tho nest being fed at Cook, St. Louis County, August 17th.
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)	Two Cedar Waxwings completed a nest at Sturgeon Lake June 20th according to Rysgaard. And Prosser and Swedenborg tell us that another pair of birds had 3 eggs in their nest at Caribou Lake by June 23rd. · '
Nuthatches
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)	Thoro were no eggs in the nest that Dobie saw April 29th near Park Rapids. But Swedcnborg writes that last surmner with Prosser he found Red-breasted Nuthatches "very numerous a.t Caribou Lake between June 23rd and 29th. Sc'Voral families soon, tho young being fed." 2.3 '
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)	Swcdenborg came upon small young in a nest neo.r Excelsior MaY 22nd, and Prosser found parents feeding 3 large young in a nest at Linwood Lake June 30th.
Wrens
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)	Svrcdcnborg saw the first and last nests. He saw tho first nest· and eggs at Onamia June 1st, and the last nest. viith J eggs July 28th. Thompson saw 2 nests, each 1-~ith 3 eggs, c.t Eveleth on Ju.'le 19th a.11d June 20·t;h rospeetively. 011 1une 25th Prosser discovered an interesting House \'Tron fr..lJllily living 15 feet above tho ground in a birch stub in Cook County.
Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis)	Carlander did not sec a Winter vlren 1 s nest whcm he was at West Bearskin Lake Juno 16..bh. but he feels certajn that he found one. He so.w an adult bird carry food under the roots of a largo tree at the bank of a st:;.·eam. Therefore, our good Bird Club member searched among the roots: diligently for an hour; and though he heard the cries of tho young, he failed to see them.
Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)	Breckenridge found 5 nests this past season. Tho first, which he saw May 2211-d, held 1 egg; the next.3, seen Ho.y 31st, held 2, 4, and 4 eges respectively; and th.e last, seen Juno 28th, held 6 eggs •. The WTiter wonders how many dozens of nests Breckenridge must have investigated t.o find 5 occupied.
Thrashers, Mockingbirds
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)	Prosser noted a pair of Gray Catbirds which arrived at the bridle path around Lake Harriet and began building in a low bush May 11th. This nest was never completed, however Bird Club rae••nbors who wont to Frontenac May 25;th saw a number of Gray Catbird nests, most of which contained 4 or 5 eggs. The last nest, found July 19th (this date not certain as my original copy is blurred -Strnad) at Linwood ~~e by Breckenridge and Prosser, held 3 eggs.
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)	Dr. Roberts' bird class saw 2 Thrasher nests on tho ground in Hennepin County ~my 29th. Each nest contained 4 speckled eggs. Swodenborg saw a nest with 3 large young May 30th. A bird which was doubtless brooding hor second or third clutch of the year ws found by Rysgaard to have 3 eggs July 18th.
Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)	Thompson's April 30th record of a Eastern Bluebird's building is the first nesting data on this species for 1935. Prosser snw 4 oggs nt Lake Independence l4.ay 7th, Swanson ~a:w one egg at Annandale May 3oth, tllld Swodenborg saw 3 eggs July 4th end 4 eggs August 1st. The only young reported w~re seen by Breckenridge July 18th. ·
Veery (Catharus fuscescens)	Near Cloquet June 3rd Morse discovered a set of 4 Veery eggs in a nest at the base of a Red-osier Dogwood clump. Four days later, June 7th, Prosser saw at Linwood Lake 3 e~gs slightly spoclcled with shades of brown. In tho same locality Prosser found a nest which held 3 eggs June 17th and 4 eggs June 19th. At truce Pokogama, Mahle tells us, a pair of Veeries believing in largo families had 2 eggs and 4 young in their nest June 24th. Prosser's record of o. nest with 2 eggs at Linwood July 19th is.:. latest for this season.
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)	Near Park Rapids Dobie found 4 eggs of this bird liJ8.y 22nd. Morse, tra'Tlping about in the Cloquet Valley Forest, came across a Hermit Thrush nest with 4 eggs at the base of a hazel clump May 22nd, and at Grand Portage Breckenridge sm.; 4 young June 9th. OLIVE-BACKED THRUSH Prosser and Swedcnborg saw 3 nests in Cook County last smnmer. The first was 2t feet above the ground in a balsam. There were 2 recently-hatched young and 2 eggs in the nest. In the second nest, wh~ch was 7 or 8 feet up in a balsam, they found 4 eggs. This nest with its contents is now in the University of Minnesota Museum of Natural History. The third nest, like the second, was 7 or 8 feet above the ground in a balsam, and, like the second, it held 4 eggs. The first nest was seen at Lake Caribou Juno 23rd, the second at the Brule River J~ie 25th, m1d the third at tho Poplar River June 26th.
Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)	A finished but empty Wood Thrush nest was seen by Swedenborg near Excelsior June 8th.
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)	Evans has data concerning a American Robin vrhich began building April 18th. Brackett and Turner found American Robins building a day later at Hopkins. Fron Park Rapids Dobie reports finding a nest without eggs April 22nd. The most interesting American Robin record of the ;>'ear comes from Prosser. In a spruce he found a American Robin nest •-.rith 4 eggs two feet away from a Mourning Dove nest with 2 eggs. He first saw this off nesting arrangement on May 5th. Later the American Robins drove away their neighbors.
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)	Some members will object to the including of this bird here; but, after all, it is a bird and it i§. found in Minnesota. We may not like it, but we can not ignore it. Mrs. C. E. Peterson investigated a nest holding 5 eggs at Hadison May 15th.
Finches
Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus)	Prosser and Swedenborg (they never fail) sought out• a nest of large young being fed at Caribou Lake, June 24th.
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)	The earliest nest of this notoriously late nester crune to the attention of Breckenridge July 8th \vnen he saw a nest being built. On August 14th he saw 3 eggs. Swodenborg w.ri tes tollin~ that he sav a nest "~
Towhees, Sparrows
Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)	Prosser's trained eye caught sight of a female Lark Sparrow hollowing out a cup-shaped depression at the basG of a small bush in readiness for a nest May 27th when Prosser was at Coon Crook uith the bird class. On June 9th, this nest hold 3 Lark Sparrow eggs and a Brown-headed Cowbird egg. At Madison, Mrs. Peterson identified a Lark Sparrow loThich was feeding young able to fly June 23rd.
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)	Honors must be boatowed· upon George Kutz of Stillwnter for his being the best Minnesota 11Chippic11 nest finder. He sends in records of a dozen nests seen in Stillwater from May 28th to tho· middle of Juno, and they contain almost every conceivable number and combinc.tion of eggs, young and· •OoiiJbird eggs. Yet Prosser · has the earliest record -a nest with 1 egg seen with Swedenborg at Linwood May 22nd. Dobie of Park Rapids is third. He saw 4 eggs there May 29th. Swodonbvrg submits n record of o. neat of "·:· :~c 4 Ohippie eggs and a Brown-headed Cowbird egg found at Onnmia June 1st. The Prosser -Swedenborg record of 4 young seen at Linwood July is the lntest. '
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida)	Morse is first, but only by a single day. -On Juno 11th, in the St. Croix Forest he found a clutch of 4 oggs in a clump of grass. Tho following day, June 12th, Swanson f ound 3 egt;s nnd o. Brown-headed Cowbird egg in an Anoka County nest, and Upson saw a large young being fed out of the nest.
Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)	While Erickson, Mahon, Pa.ul and Turner were sitting_ in their ca.r 1'30.ting their l~ch at Frontcnc.c, May 12th, Erkckson spied a Field Sparrow incubating on a nest about 10 feet from tho co.r. The nest, when investigated, was found to contain 2 Field Sparrow egg and 1 Brown-headed Cowbird egg. On May 25th, this same nest contained 2 eggs and 2 yotmg of the Field Sparrow, and en May 26th, 4 young seen by a.ll the Bird Club. On the same date, May 26th, and also at Frontenac, Mahle sa\1 a nest with 3 young and 2 Brown-headed Cowbird eggs. The last nest wns one with 4 eggs seen May 29th, by Turner. WHIIE-THROATED SPARROW Rysgo.a.rd reports tho only nest. He saw it July 24th \then thoro were 4 eggs in it. Sturgeon Lake wo.s the locality.
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)	Wo have another good record from Brackett. On }by 30th, at Itasca Lake ho looked at a set cf 4 junco eggs. Cnrlander1s June 20th record of young out of the nest being fed at West Bearskin Lake completes our data on this species.
Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)	The fellows at Linwood June '1,th flushed birds from 2 nests containing 2 and 4 eggs.
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)	No one reported a nest earlier than Upson's record of 4 eggs on May 30th. Swedenborg saw a nest ~ith 4 eggs June 7th,· and on June 15th, Carlander found young out of the nest at Linwood. T\.ro observers have June 27th records -Mrs. Peter$on saw young sitting on a fence at Madison and Swanson saw 5 oggs in a nest at Thief Lake on that date.
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)	Swaneon saw 4 eggs in Anoka County May 1Sth. Four eggs May 24th .and 5 young May 31st, make up Breckenridge's data on this species• .And at Lindstrom, Swanson saw 4 young Hay 29th. On May 25th, Turner came across 3 eggs and 3 Qcwbird eggs in a nest at Frontenac. The next day, Mahle found 4 eggs and 1 Cowb5.rd egg at :Frontenac. And Thompson tells of seeing 3 eggs June 30th at :. ~.._ 'Warren.
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)	Four Swrunp SpCI.lTow eggs and 1 Brown-headed Cowbird egg were in the nest seen ·· >. May 28th,.Brcckenridge. The same observer reports 5 eggs May 31st. Campbell and Prosser saw the only young. At Linwood June 19th, they found five a woek old.
Blackbirds, Orioles
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)	At Round Lake, Breckenridge, found nests "lith 1, 5, 4, 4, and.3 eggs, and.3, 4, and 4, young June 13th. Upson writes an interesting sidelight on Yellow-heads in telling of his July 4th hike, "About one third of the deserted nests Evans and I found contained at least 2 dead young in the pinfeather stage. They had not been a.tta.ck(,d by other birds, or by insects. Did th~~ suffer from somo epidemic?"
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)	A nest w1th 5 eggs was seen Ma.y 18th iii Anoka County py S\~son. And the University bird class conducted by Dr. Roberts flushed a parent bird from a nest containing 1 egg and 1 small young at New Brighton May 22nd.
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)	At 11adison l'~ay 30th, Mrs. Peterson found a hang-nvst building. The University bird class saw a female on tho nest on the same date, and the Bird Club members at Linwood Juno 15th saw another female on tho nest. At Stillwater, Mr. GeorGe C. Jutz was foll owing his city mail route June 24th when he saw a young bird leave its nest. Breckenridge saw young out of the nest July 2nd. Breckenridge discovered 2 nests, each with 5 eggs, at lJyominfif, Minnesota, May 24th. Upson tolls us thct he saw large young out of the nest being fed June 12th. And Erickson's report has a record of 3 young one-third grown July 8th in a nest two feet above ground in a small tree at Glen Lake.
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)	On Hay 22nd the University bird class saw Rod-wings building., Under tho date May 28th, Breckenridge writes, 01 egg, 2 eggs, 2 eggs, 4, eggs,.3 eggs, 3 eggs, 4 oggs, 2 eggs, 5 eggs, ad infinitum. 11 On May.3oth, Swanson saw 1 and 4 eggs in 2.,. nests a.t Annandale, Rysgaard saw 4 eggs, and Swodenborg saw 4 eggs. The latest and queerest is a nest looked into by Risser and Upson June 16th at Linwood. Both saw the nest at tho same time, but from different angles. Risser was dis.-"·,_ appointed to find nothing better tha.n another blackbird nest, but Upson was howling with glee because he thought he must be looking at a Willet nest~ Each thought the other balmy. The nest was investigated more closely then and found to contain 3 typical Red-wing eggs and 1 much larger egg. The nest and its contents were taken to the Minnesota University Mlseum whore the large egg wa.s identified as a. Virginia Ruil'sl · 30 -The Flicker, 1935
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)	Below arc records of Brown-headed Cowbird parasitism of 11 species: Brossor, Linwood, Juno 12th, 3 Ovenbird G~GS ~~d 1 Brown-headed Cowbird ccg; Prosser, Coon Crock, June 8th, 1 Brown-headed Cowbird egg c.nd 3 Lark Sparrow eggs; Swodonborg, Onamia, June 1st, 4 Chipping Sparrow eggs and 1 Brown-headed Cowbird egg; Rysga~rd, Minneapolis, June 15th, 2 young Chipping Sparrows and 1 young Brown-headed Cowbird; Thompson, Warren, July 1st, 1 Chipping Sparrow egg and 1 Brown-headed Cowbird egg; Swanson Anoka County, June 12th, 3 Clay-colored Sparrow eg£s and 1 Brown-headed Cowbird egg; Evans, University of Minnesota crunpus, Mcy 14th, 1 Eastern Phoebe egg and 1 CoW...~ bird e£m; Carlander, Linwood Lake, June 15th, 2 Northern Common Yellowthroat eggs and 1 Brown-headed Cowbird eggs; Carlander, Linwood Lake, Juno 15th, 3 Indigo Buntine eggs and 1 Brown-headed Cowbird egG; Erickson, Frontenac, May 12th, 1 Field Sparrow egg ru1d 1 Brown-headed Cowbird egg; Mahle, Frontenac, May 26th, J younc Field Sparrows nnd 2 Brown-headed Cowbird eggs; Turner, Frcntenac, May 25th, 3 Sonc Sparrow ccgs and 3 Brown-headed Cowbird eggs; Paul and Mahon, Frontenac, Nay 12th, 2 Tovrhce om;s and 5 Brown-headed Cowbird eggs; Breckenridge, Minneapolis, May 28th, 4 Swamp Sparrow om:~s and 1 Brown-headed Cowbird egg.
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)	Bcrthol was watching a American Crow at t>Thite Bear Lake 3 P.M. May 25th when suddenly it snatched a half-grown Grackle from a nest 40 feet above r,round in a red oak. At Caribou Lake Prosser and Swodonborg smr a nest with largo young June 24th, and on June 27th they saw tho young bcinr, fed out of the nest.
Warblers
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)	----·· On June 20th at vlest Bearskin Lake, Carlander saw an adult carry food under a tangle of roots several times. iUld June 27th on an island in Caribou Lake, Prosser and Swedenborg observed large young out of the nest being fed.
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)	v!hen Thompson was atEveleth July 22 he saw an f.l.dult of this species carrying food.
Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia)	Prosser vll'ites that on August 17th at Lake Vermillion he saw 2 noisy youngsters following an adult.
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)	The June 15th trip to Linwood Lake produced 2 nests. Evans, Prosser, Risser, Swedenborg and Upson saw a nest with J eggs, and Carlander reports a second which had 2 Common Yellowthroat eggs and a Covrbird egg.
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)	Other Bird Clubbers beside Prosser, Swed.enborg and Upson must have seen American Redstart nests, but no one else reported them. The Bird Club found American Redstarts1 nests in various stages of constructionat Frontenac May 25th. Prosser and Swedenborg saw a completed but empty nest June 9th in Hennepin County. And Upson saw small young out of the nest J\Ule 25th.
Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea)	Prosser, who created quite a ~uror last year by finding the first Minnesota nests of this species and. the Ajawah Camp Scouts at Linwood Lu.l{e saw a young bird out of the nest but unable to fly being fed. The date was July 4th.
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)	Along the Poplar River in Cook County June 26th, Prosser and Swodenbol~g happened upon a nest with 4 eggs about 5 feet above the ground in a small balsam.
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)	1m undetermined nUI!lber of young were being f'cd in a nest seen June 28th at Caribou Luke by Prosser and Swedenborg. At Lnke Vermillion, St. Louis C:ounty, Prosser found many families of noisy young 'being fed on August 14th and August 17th. 2B • The Fli~kor, 1935 In this species Thompson steals Prosser-and-8wedenborg!s thunder for Thompsen found a nest with 3 Gggs July 25·0h ai, Eveleth, and Prosser~s only r'3cord is of a s:rn3.ll yo".l'lg out of :1ost being fed at k'lke Vermillion August •J7th, SwedGnbo.rg reports none. Young Pine Warblers out of the nest wo~e being fed at Lake Vermillion.August 14th accprQ.ing to Prosser. OVEN-BIRD Dobie discovered a nest without eggs J1xne 2nd not far from Park R?Jpids. Not to be outdone_, h-:::n·re\"~"el·,. F:.·osser found a nest 10 days later, June 12th at Linwood Lake which contained 3 Ovenbird.- eggs and 1 Brown-headed Cowbird egg. The female ws··:1ncubating when he saw hero
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)	The Bird Club found several Yellow Warbler nests May 25th at li'rontenac; most of them were recently fj.nished and empty, but some contained 1 or 2 eggs. On the same day, Breckenridge, who did not go to Frontenac, found birds building. Four eggs at Linwood Lake June 7th and 5 eggs Juno 12th at the same place are reported by Prosser. July 6th Prosser and Swedenborg saw a Yellow VJarbler feeding a young Brown-headed Cowbird at Linwood Lake.
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)	On August 14th Prosser saw a family of 2 adults and 2 fullsized young at Lake Vermillion, St. Louis County.
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)	Prosser and Swedenborg, who kept their eyes open when they were at Caribou Lake last summer, report a nest with 3 large young seen in that locality Juno 23rd. On a. later northern trip to Cook, St. Louis County, Prosser savr a malo feeding n large yo1.mg ou1j of tho nest August 17th.
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)	At Lake Vermillion, St. Louis County, Prosser saw 3 young out of the nest being fed on August 15th c~d August 17th.
Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis)	The nest of this btiTd had been seen before, but when Prosser and Swedenborg fouund a nest with 4 fresh eggs at Caribou Lake June 23rd, they fe~t that it was worth preserving for posterity. This nest may now oe seen in the Minnesota University 11useum of Natural History.
Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)	Risser viritos that at Linwood Juno 15th ho found n nost cf this bixod containing 1 broken egg. Breckenridge, Ca.npbcll, Prosser, and Stone sa.w a. nest with 3 ha.lf-erown ycunc July 9th. This nest likewise, was a.t Linwood.
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)	Risser a.nd Rysgno.rc1, St. Pa.ul' s clk'U!l~ion nest hunters, have a nice early reoord. On May 5th, they saw a nest which even at that date hold 3 eggs. But on the same da.y Swedenborg sa.w,ancthor pa.ir bUilding in a. cedar at Nine-mile Creek nenr the THin °ities.
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)	R.ysgaard reports 2 eggs seen May 27th. Up in t~o St. Croix Forest Morse, ever nlert, ca.ne upon a nest -vlith 2 nearly grown young June 24th. Brcckonridce, who is our 1!-:ost consistent finder of. late nests, saw 4 ecgs July 17th.
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)	Several observers report on a nest at Linwood, but Prosser's records are most complete. He first se.w the nest June 7th when it was nearing completion. Later he found 2 eggs in it June 12th and 4 eggs in it June 17th.

	Seasonal Report Archive for The Loon
	The 1935-Summer Season 1 June through 31 July 1935 Compiled by Robert Turner