1893  
May  26                                                                                                 
Concord, Mass.
  Forenoon fine, afternoon cloudy with light rain in the
evening. Light variable winds. Early morning cold for the season.
  I spent the forenoon in and about the house, writing
etc.  Cedar Birds in the orchard and flying overhead.
seven or eight of them in all. At about 10 A.M. I heard
an Orchard Oriole sing five or six times in an apple tree
near the house but although I got near near him and
walked all around the tree I did not get a sight at
him. He was a fine singer.
  D.C. French called at about 3 P.M. and we went                                         
down river together, each in one of the small canoes.
The water has fallen at least two feet in the last
three days and the meadows, this afternoon, were bare
and level plain of tender grass when I was
sailing in my canoe on the 23rd.
[margin]To Ball's Hill[/margin]
  Spotted Sandpipers have increased in numbers with                                   
the fall of the water for I saw at least five or six
on the way down river. I also saw two Solitary Sandpipers
and a bunch of five Least Sandpipers, the last on a
small mud flat just past Holt where I usually
find them at this season.
[margin]Spotted Sandpipers[/margin]
  There must have been a small flight of Water Thrushes                               
within the past day or two for there were at least two
in the bushes near the cabin and another higher up
the river where I saw more on the 23rd.
[margin]Water Thrushes[/margin]
  Grosbeaks, Wilson's Thrushes, Oven birds, Cat Birds and
a Red start were singing at Ball's Hill. there was also a
Wood Pewee there.