Concord, Mass.
1893
July 31
  Clear and very warm, the forenoon calm, a pleasant
breeze from the S. W. during the afternoon.
  I went to town in the forenoon, paddling to
Red Bridge and walking the rest of the way. After
spending an hour or two I returned by way of
the Pritchards' park, a pretty little piece of
low-lying maple woods through which winding 
drives have been made.
  In the afternoon I rowed W.D. to Egg Rock and
back. We spent a good deal of time pulling up
& examining eel grass (Vallisneria) in the vain attempt
to find flowers or fruit. At Egg Rock we found
Utricularia, Myriophyllum and Nais growing in
close company. The last-named was new to me. 
Pratt has raided the Lotus (Nelumbo) and taken
away all that grew near the channel of the river
but far back in a cove, in shallow water close
in to the rear of the rock we found ten or a 
dozen young plants one of which I took to
place in a pond at Ball's Hill. 
  Robins, Chippies, Song Sparrows, Yellow-throated,
Warbling, & Red eyed Vireos sang freely this morning
and more or less during the entire day. An old
male Redstart, followed by a brood of young which
he was feeding, was singing almost continuously in
the Pritchards' woods. Before breakfast I heard a 
Flicker shouting & in the afternoon a Savanna [Savannah] Sparrow
in good song near Egg Rock. Two Nuthatches visited
our orchard this morning.
[margin]Birds singing[/margin]