1893 
July 20 
(No 5)     
  As I passed the meadows above the French farm 
I saw a few Robins coming from the westward
and pitching down into the woods. There was
a roost in the woods last year and as I do not
doubt that these birds were assembling at the
same place to spend their night but I did not see
above a dozen in all.
[margin]Robin roost[/margin]
  This is the height of the Dragon Fly season. The
variety of species and the number of individuals to
be seen during an afternoon paddle of a few miles on
the river are simply incredible. In places to day there
were thousands in sight at once, most of them
the graceful, brilliant little Agrionidae.
[margin]Dragon Flies[margin]
  At about 10 o'clock this evening as I was sitting
in the house writing I heard through the open
windows in the direction of the Manse, what I took at first to be a Cuckoo but on
going to the window & putting out my head [delete]out[delete] I got
the sound more plainly a second time & at once
recognized the fact that it was quite [delete]that I had[/delete] quite new to me.
[delete]never heard before.[delete] There were five cooing notes given
more rapidly than those of a Cuckoo but slower than 
those of a Screech Owl & all on the same key. The tone, 
however, resembled that of the Owl when cooing & I
suspect that Megascops was really the author of the
sound which was repeated six or eight times in all,
at short intervals.[delete]in the direction of the Manse[delete]. If it
really was a Screech Owl it is the first time that I
have heard in Concord this year. I fear the long hard 
winter destroyed most of these interesting & useful birds.
[margin]Screech Owl?[/margin]