1891
April 6
No 3
  Mass.
  concord. - screaming among the pines where the
Cooper's Hawks bred and soared majestically upward
circling in opposite direction and passing each
other every half turn. They mounted to such
a height that we actually could not see
them at all without the aid of our glasses
and finally scaled down on a long[?]
with the Bedford Swamp descending with
meteoric speed.
  Just after they disappeared as I was starting to
paddle again we heard a Grouse chitter on
a little wooded knoll near an island within
20 yds. and presently saw the bird stalk
over the crest under a small hemlock.
Our attention was next attracted by two pairs
of Goosanders, the drakes in full plumage, which
were floating in mid-stream. They soon rose
and were joined by a Black Duck all five
birds finally alighting again in the wood-
encircled meadow near the pines on the edge
of the Bedford Swamp. We followed and 
under the cover of the belt of birches
got within about 20 yds. of them and watched
them for ten or fifteen minutes through our
glasses. The drakes were very snowy looking
almost as white as gulls, their coral red
bills very conspicuous. One of them repeatedly
lay on his side and preened his breast
and abdomen displaying the rich salmon
coloring of these parts. Both drakes devoted