1891
May 23
(No 6)
Canoe trip on Concord River.
Mass.
Concord to Wayland. - and flew about 50 yards before
dropping into the rushes again. I had a good
view of it and saw the scarlet bill distinctly.
  A single Black Duck was seen flying over
this meadow and Wood Ducks heard squaling.
[margin]Black Duck
Wood    " [/margin]
  The grass along the banks was not as dense
or tall as usual a fact which may account
for the almost total absence of Marsh Wrens,
only two or three of these birds being heard
in this meadow.
[margin]Scarcity of Marsh Wrens[/margin]
  In the Maryland Meadow we heard five Marsh
Wrens but no Bitterns. Eave Swallows were flying
about the barn on the west bank where the 
colony bred last year.
  After passing Dudley's we got a nearly fair
and very fresh breeze the remainder of the way
into Heard's Pond which we entered at about
5 P.M.  The remainder of the afternoon was
spent in sailing about this pond. It was
most exhilirating sport for the wind, which
was now about South, was so strong as to
raise quite a "sea" on the pond but it was
so very steady that we carried our whole
sails without difficulty. Of course, there were
few birds noted under these conditions but
we heard Orioles, Grosbeaks, and other
common species whenever we approached the
shores. I had hoped to find the Carolina
Grebes which Bangs discovered breeding in
this pond a few years ago but they must
have abandoned the place. A Night Heron