Jan'y 22
Cambridge
Cloudless, the air very clear and soft, no wind.
Ther. 14[degrees] at 2 P.M.
  Late yesterday afternoon Mr. Bolles left
word at the house that he had seen some Ducks
in the water about the fountain at Fresh Pond.
I visited the place this morning at about ten
o'clock and found six Golden-eyes swimming
about and diving in a space of perhaps half-an
acre kept open by the crashing flow of
the geyser-like fountain which discharge the
water brought from Stony Brook. One side of 
this opening was bordered by the snow-covered
ice which covered all the rest of the pond, on
the other the open water extended quite to
the shore along the very edge of which runs
the driveway. Two men passed along this
driveway within gun shot of the ducks without
disturbing them but when I came nearly opposite
them and stopped to look at them through my 
glass five rose and flew off over the pond.
These were all females or young males but the
sixth bird, which remained, was a fine old drake.
He acted dumpish and at first I thought 
that he could be wounded but when I 
clapped my hands and swung my hat he
rose and flew a few rods easily enough, then
dropped back into the water. His head & neck
glistened in the sunlight and I could see
the green reflections distinctly. I left him in
the water and half an hour later saw one of 
the plain gray birds with him. John Clark,
[margin]Golden eyes Ducks in Fresh Pond[/margin]