1893
April 10  
(No 2)
Concord, Mass.
  I spent the day at Balls Hill walking to
Davis's Hill in the afternoon and paddling up
river to the Buttrick's in time for tea.
  At about noon as I was standing in the cabin                
door a male Cooper's Hawk passed within about                    
twelve feet skimming less than a foot above the
ground, on set wings, with incredible swiftness
following the river path. When it saw me it [?]
out over the water and crossed to the Bedford shore.
It was doubtless hunting. Late in the afternoon I
found the feathers of a Fox Sparrow scattered about
the cabin on the grass. Probably this Hawk returned
& captured one of my birds while I was absent.
The flight of Cooper's Hawk although similar to that
of A. velox is swifter and heavier. It has more
momentum. The wings are also flapped with more
vigor.
[margin]Cooper's
Hawk[/margin]
  A Carolina Greebe spent the day in the flooded
meadow above Bensen's landing. I am only sure
that I once heard him utter the Cuckoo notes
and perfectly certain that I heard this cry
from another bird of the same species which
appeared to be among the button bushes opposite
Davis's Hill.
[margin]Carolina
Greebe[/margin]
  As I was on my way up river I started a
pair of Wood Ducks from some flooded bushes on
Great Meadow. The drake gave both the Canary & [?]
Hen cries. Sometimes one sometimes the other led in flight.
[margin]Wood Ducks[/margin]