1893
May 19
Concord, Mass.
 Cool, the wind N. and very strong, the sky filled with
cloud masses during the forenoon, the afternoon [?].
[margin]Ball's Hill[/margin]

 At 9.30A.M. I started for Ball's Hill and half an
hour later landed at the cabin sailing the whole distance
and crossing the meadows on which the water is now
nearly as deep as it has been at any time this spring.
On the way down I startled a Great Blue Heron from the
risen bank. There were few small birds; the wind
was too strong and cold.
 Under a small [?] on Davis's Hill I found a male
Canadian Warbler which had apparently been dead about
24 hours. It bore no signs of injury and must
have perished during the last cold rain.

 After spending an hour or two walking about in the
woods & putting the cabin in order I sailed down
reaching the Buttricks' in time for dinner. As I was
passing Holder's Hill a brown Eagle appeared [?] it
soaring and balancing on the strong wind.
[margin]Bald Eagle[/margin]

 Pat tells me that the Cooper's Hawks have
reappeared and are taking Bensen's fowls again.
B. shot at one of them yesterday but missed
his bird.
[margin]Cooper's Hawks[/margin]
