P. M. Silloway

“ June 9.—The red-breasted nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) at times acts like a real flycatcher. Just now one alighted on a tree-trunk near me, and while investigating the bark crevices, twice he flew out from the trunk, captured a flying insect dexterously in the air, and returned to his gleaning on the bole. ”

“ The birds were working mostly on the ground and among the bushes. There were so many individuals in the flock, and the occurrence seemed so unusual, that I took it to be a part of a migration movement. As I wandered over the mountain slope the birds kept flying up at my feet in a way that led me to fancy that the brush was full of nesting birds.
June 15.—A nest of Richardson grouse (Dendragapus obscurus richardsoni) was found on a bushy hillside, a rocky slope that had been burned over in former years. The site was quite near a road that was not in very general use. ”