1892
May 23 
Concord, Massachusetts.
(No 2)
Mass
Concord.  drenched, forlorn-looking Wood Pewee was perched
on the little oak in from of my cabin catching flies.
The Carolina Doves were in their favorite pine near
the pond behind the hill. I started them at least
three or four times from this tree yet there are still no
signs of a nest.
[margin]Carolina Doves[/margin] 
  A pair of Red-shouldered Hawks was holding high
carnival in Davis's swamp during much of the
forenoon soaring just above and dashing exaltedly through
the trees, both birds screaming almost incessantly.
What a wild sound is the scream of this Hawk! It
thrills me like fine music yet it is scarcely musical
although very far from discordant. Perhaps something
was disturbing these birds for some Crows were also
flying about the swamp in an excited manner.
[margin]Red-shouldered Hawk[/margin]
  A Crow which daily resorts to Holden's meadow to
feed has a voice strikingly like a Raven's. Indeed it
reproduces the cruck, cr-r-r-uck of that bird so
perfectly that I doubt if any one could detect
the difference, if difference there be.
[margin]Crow with the voice of a Raven[/margin]
  On the top of the knoll east of the glacial hollow
I saw today a silent Great-crested Flycatcher sitting
on a dead branch of a pine.
[margin]Great Crested Flycatcher[/margin]
  Red Squirrels appeared in April in the pine near 
this hollow and today I saw one in a maple on
the bank of the river not far from my cabin.
[margin]Red Squirrels[/margin]
  I was much surprised today to find a quantity
of Rhodora in full bloom in the south-east
corner of my swamp.
Blueberry bushes still in full bloom in the swamp
attracting bees in great numbers & a few Humming Birds also.