1892
March 26
(no.3)
Concord, Massachusetts.
Mass. 
Concord. others that were hidden by projections of the 
ice. Some were sitting on the ice but the greater 
number were scattered about diving. I think most of
them were Gooseanders but the nearest were half a mile
away. I identified only three - Whistlers - two old
drakes and a duck  - which flew past me on his 
way to join the big flock. There were two Herring Gulls
and several Crows on the ice near the Ducks.
On my way back I started a pair of Ruffed Grouse
on the knoll where the big hickory stands. I also 
started a Rabbit in a  thorny thicket and found the
skin, entrails, and one hind leg of another which a
Fox had doubtless killed. There were Song Sparrows
along all the brush-grown walks & Blue-birds warbling
in the air overhead. Of Chickadees I saw several pairs
acting as if looking for nesting places.
  Just as I was pushing off from shore on my 
way up river at 5 P.M. the sound for which my 
ears have been constantly on the alert these last
three days came suddenly from the further shore
and looking in the direction I at once saw a 
Red-wing Blackbird singing on the topmost spray
of a maple. Out went his shoulders and another
Koukuru came to my ears. At the bend above
the Beaver dam reach I found two more Red-wings
and higher up still others scattered about on the 
maples singing until, by the time I reached Flint's 
bridge I had counted ten. It was a clear case of
"first arrival" for there were certainly more about
during the earlier part of the day. Several Robins 
were sitting on trees near Flint's bridge calling but [?] song
[margin]Water Fowl.[/margin]
[margin]Gooseanders.
Golden-eyes.[/margin]
[margin]Ruffed Grouse[/margin]
[margin]Rabbit killed
by a Fox[/margin]
[margin]Arrival of the
Red-wings[/margin]
