1893
May 12
Concord, Mass.
  A duplicate of yesterday, the thermometer above 80 [degrees]
during the middle of the day the forenoon dead calm,
a burst of S.E. breeze in the afternoon changing to a 
light S.W. wind after dark.
[margin]Ball's Hill[/margin]
  We rose late (at about 7 A.M.). A few migrants
had arrived during the night and found a 
small flock in the fringe of bushes along the
water front of Ball's Hill. There were two Water Thrushes,
a Wilson's Black-cap, a Redstart, two or three
Yellow-rumps and three White-throated Sparrows. 
They remained in this belt of bushes all day moving
back & forth past the cabin.
[margin]Flock of 
migrants
near cabin[/margin]
  Melvin left me at 10 A.M. I went to the
station with him and saw Bobolinks, Least Flycatchers,
and Orioles in the orchards on the Bedford shore.
  I spent the rest of the forenoon & the first half 
of the afternoon in or near the cabin. The heat was
almost overpowering and the suns rays reflected
from the glossy surface of the water burned like fire.
  At 4 P.M. I launched the canoe and sailed
to Carlisle bridge & back the wind serving both
ways. It was truly delightful skimming swiftly 
over the flooded meadows following the line of
woods closely and exploring many little nooks
& corners not usually accessible by boat. Not
once did I use the paddle during the whole
voyage.
[margin]Sail to
Carlisle
Bridge[/margin]