1893
April 22
Concord, Mass.
Buttrick farm
  Forenoon calm, cloudy, warm. Afternoon clear with
gusty winds from every quarter of the compass settling, finally,
into a steady, strong breeze from the N.W.
  I spent the entire forenoon and the first half of
the afternoon by the landing on the Buttrick farm
helping the men get the floating boat house out into 
the river. Through the early part of the forenoon birds
were numerous and singing freely. I heard a Martin
and saw a flock of six Barn Swallows flying high 
to the N. twittering. White-bellied Swallows in greater
numbers than on any previous day. Five Juncos,
three Yellow Palm Warblers, and three Yellow rumps in the
orchard. Two Tree Sparrows singing in the alders
across the river. A Nuthatch hanking near the Manse. 
[margin]Martins &
Barn Swallows
arrive[/margin]
  Bronzed Grackles were flying about the farm all
the morning and in the afternoon a dozen or more
collected in the white pines along the avenue to
North Bridge where they flitted to & fro uttering their
creaking and guttural notes incessantly and acting
as if they contemplated nesting there a thing that
they have never done before to my knowledge.
[margin]Bronzed
Grackles[/margin]
  Last year at about this time a Pine Warbler
spent several days in our orchard singing freely
in the apple trees. There was one there this
morning in full song.
[margin]Pine Warbler
in apple
orchard[/margin]