Concord, Mass.
1893
July 29
  Cloudy with high S.W. wind and light rain
at intervals in the forenoon.
  To Ball's Hill at 9 A.M. sailing down alone 
in the Stella Maris. I spent most of the day in
or near the cabin writing and trimming trees by turns.
Late in the afternoon while walking through some
young pines behind the hill I came upon a
mixed flock of small birds, the first that I have 
seen this summer. There were perhaps a dozen
birds in all including several Chickadees, two
black & White Creepers, a Grosbeak, a Chestnut-sided Warbler, and a Canadian
Warbler, the last two young birds in full autumnal
plumage. 
  Kingbirds, although still numerous along the
river, are beginning to diminish in numbers or
at least to leave the immediate vicinity of
the water.
[margin]Kingbirds[/margin]
  Few birds were singing to-day. Of course the
weather had something to do with this but
there has been a marked falling off during the
last week.
[margin]Cessation
of bird
songs[/margin]