1891
May 24
Canoe trip on Concord River.
Mass.
Wayland to Concord. - Another perfect day with
uninterrupted sunshine and though, somewhat 
[?], S. wind. Morning and evening cool,
midday warm in the sun, uncomfortably so at
times.
  When I awoke at daybreak a Tanager and
many Black-poll Warblers were singing in
the tree-tops over the canoe. Spelman heard
at about this hour a Bittern pumping and
a Partridge drumming. There were many common
birds, also, of which neither of us took special
note. The Black-polls made the deepest
impression. There were so many of them that
the song of one was merged with that of
another the sound being literally continuous,
like the chirping of crickets. Wilson's Thrushes
were calling all about us but I heard none
singing.
[margin]Birds at daybreak[/margin]
  It was seven o'clock when we arose for
we both slept very soundly after the long
day yesterday in the canoe. The singing of
Black-polls had now nearly ceased and the
Tanager was gone or silent but Oven Birds,
Red-starts, Yellow Warblers, Orioles, Grosbeaks,
Cat Birds, Redwings and other common
species were filling the woods with their
music and from the open fields beyond 
came the trickling melody of Bobolinks.
A pair of Red-shouldered Hawks rose
from the trees on the opposite side of 
the pond and mounted high into the