Concord, Mass.
1893.
July 24                                                               
[margin]Goose Pond  
Walden &
Fairy land[/margin]
  I took W. Dean to Walden woods this morning.
We were driven to Califf's and the carriage met
us by appointment at Fairyland at 12.30 and
brought us home. We had a delightful walk to and
around Goose Pond, there to Walden and last
to Fairyland where we spent a good deal of
time wandering about among the big pines and
oaks on the top of the hill. In one of these trees -
an oak - a Tanager in fine plumage was singing
listlessly. We watched him for ten minutes or 
more during which time he changed his position
but once. He was sitting on a dead, moss-grown
branch in the sunlight.
  In the Goose Pond woods we heard literally
nothing but a few Red-eyed Vireos. In the
pond itself we saw several Painted Tortoises and
one Mud Turtle of medium  size - perhaps weighing
twenty five pounds.
  A Meadow Lark was singing in the fields
near the Poor Farm as we were passing along
the road on our way home.
  In Fairyland woods we heard besides the
Tanager, several Red eyes, a Wood Pewee and a
Pine and Black - throated Green Warbler.