1893
May 16
(No 3)
Concord, Mass.
  I was somewhat surprised this afternoon to see a 
beautiful male Sparrow Hawk in the fields east of
Punkatassett. He kept along the road ahead of us alighting
on isolated trees, invariably on the topmost spray. Once
we got within twenty yards of him. We finally
passed nearly under him as he sat swaying up &[and]
down gracefully on the top on one of the big elms in
front of Mr. Holden's house.
[margin]Sparrow 
Hawk[/margin]
  Early this morning a King-bird collected a large
mouthful of straws from the field (freshly ploughed)
in front of the house and flew off with them
across the river. This is certainly an early date
for nest building but the bird could hardly
have made any other use of the straws.
(On the 17th while driving through Belmont I saw a
King bird cross the road bearing in its bill a large
fluff of cotton wool which it took into a nest in
an apple tree. The nest appeared to be nearly finished.)
[margin]King Birds
building
remarkably
early[/margin]