1893.
April 9
(No 2)
Concord, Mass.
  On April 6 Mr. Holden also saw three Great Blue
Herons along the river, two of them in Bedford Swamp.
  He, Mr Holden, further told me that Osprey's were frequently in
sight on the 6th and he thinks he saw in all
not less than 5 or 6 of these fine birds.
[margin]Ospreys[/margin]
  While we were talking Bolles who had agreed
to meet me here this morning shouted on the Bedford
shore and I brought him across in the boat.
After leaving our things in the cabin we walked
to Davis's Hill, crossed the swamp behind it to
Bensen's and returned through the fields to the 
cabin where we found Spelman who had ridden
up from Cambridge on his bicycle.
An hour or more after dinner James J. Greenough
& his brother appeared in a canoe and landed for
a brief visit. Soon after this I set Spelman &
his iron steed on the other side of the river
and returning took Bolles into the boat. We paddled
up river to Holden's Hill and then turning about
went down nearly to Carlisle Bridge. The wind
had fallen to a gentle breeze and the evening
although cool was delightful. We saw thirty or
more Ducks of several species besides Redwings,
Swallows, an Osprey and a Carolina Dove. A 
bird of the last-named species was cooing in 
the pines on Bensen's knoll as we passed on 
the way back. Only a few Redwings &[and] Song Sparrows
sang at evening. During the day the woods were
silent & seemingly deserted in most places that we visited