1893
June 24
Bolton Notch, Conn
  Clear with light W wind; a fine day with the temperature
just right for walking &[and] not too cool for a rest in the shade.

  We took the 9 A.M. train for Bolton Notch. While we were
waiting at the Andover station a pair of Buteos appeared
over the woods across the river and sailed about, one alighting
on a dead tree. They were so far off and looked so queerly
against the background of foliage that we did not identify
them fully but concluded that they were probably Red-tails.

  On arriving at the Notch we started at once down the
railroad track which we followed for half-a-mile or more in
the direction of Vernon. On our right a brook flowed swiftly
and noisily over a rocky bed between banks covered with Kalmia
thickets and shaded by maples, basswoods, oaks, chestnuts &[and]
hemlocks. To the left rose a cliff of shale with blooming
Kalmias clinging to every available nook and crevice in its
face. The crest of the ridge was covered with dense sprout
growth of ten or fifteen year's growth with tall dead trees or
stubs scattered about.

  Reaching an artificial trout pond we left the railroad and
followed a wood path which took us up over the top of 
the ridge on the right. For most of the way we passed
through young sprout growth woods but there were several small
pastures with wild apple trees and one grove of pitch pines
where two Dend. virens were singing. On reaching the
summit we came out on the highway which we followed
back to the Notch passing on our left a large artificial
pond or reservoir and on the right several deep
shale quarries inhabited by Phoebees. A Green Heron flew
from one which was filled with clear water in which we saw a number
of large tadpoles but no fish of any kind.