1893
May 10
(No 4)
Concord, Mass
  I took tea at the cabin and remained there until
long after sunset. It was as warm as summer and the
first mosquito entered my open door and hummed about
me as I was eating. A Pine Warbler, Black &[and] white Creeper,
Black-throated Green Warbler, two Thrashers, two Maryland Yellow-
throats, a Song Sparrow, Robin, &[and] several Red-wings were singing 
and a King Bird gave the flight song twice. Hylas and Toads
held high carnival after sunset and I heard one or two
Leopard Frogs. A Wilson's Thrush flitted about in the shrubbery
calling but not singing. There was also a silent Cat Bird
and three or four White-throated Sparrows. When I returned 
to the cabin in the late afternoon a Bittern flew from
the path (near the water's edge) [delete]nearly[/delete] to the eastward of
it and I found his tracks on the sandy beach directly in
front of the door.
[margin]Ball's Hill

Birds singing
at sunset.[/margin]

  Near the hitching post I started a Song Sparrow from
her nest under a tuft of withered grass. There were three
eggs, the first I have seen.
[margin]Song Sparrow's
nest.[/margin]

  A White footed Mouse has cut a neat round hole in one
of my mattresses &[and] removed a little of the hair filling.
Yesterday I scattered about a pint of hemp seed in 
the bushes &[and] over the banking near the cabin to attract
the Sparrows. To-day I found nearly the whole of it
in the hole in the mattress. I could not discover a single
grain on the ground outside &[and] the Mouse must have
collected &[and] brought in practically the whole of it during
the night. He leaped down from the bed and entered
a hole in the floor when I opened the cabin
yesterday.
[margin]White footed
Mice[/margin]