Concord, Mass.
1893
Aug. 17
  Cloudy and cool with light E. wind and rain in
the afternoon & evening.
  I spent the day in Boston but saw and heard a
good many birds during the walk to the depot in the
early morning.
  The most interesting were Baltimore Orioles of which
I heard no less than three singing, one in Mr. Barrett's
orchard, the other two in isolated oaks (Q. [Quercus] bicolor)
on the meadow near the causeway. All three were
evidently old birds
[margin]Orioles[/margin]
  Soon after dark this evening I started up the
Estabrook road with the dogs. Just as I reached the
open hill top beyond the Burrill's I heard the faint
chirp of a Warbler in the distance to the northward.
A moment later it was repeated nearer, then directly
overhead with great distinctiveness and finally faintly again
to the South. There can be no doubt that the bird
was migrating and flying very low down. It could
not have [delete]started[/delete] been long on its way for night
had only just closed in. Hence I am forced to
conclude that this bird had started [delete]southward[/delete] on migration
from some point well within the limits of the area 
covered by the present storm. [delete]which[/delete] The weather here this
evening was what a sailor would call "thick", the 
air being filled with fine rain and the clouds hanging
low. There was scarcely any wind. 
[margin]Warbler 
migrating
in "thick"
weather[/margin]