1892. 
June 7 
Concord, Massachusetts
Mass.
Concord - Clear and calm with light breeze
           at times. Rather warm.
To Ball's Hill at 9 a.m. sailing down in company with the Buttericks who spent
the day with me.
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Ball's Hill[/margin]

The rim was more beautiful than I have 
  seen it before this season, owing to the
  transparent air and calm water.
    On reaching the house Mr. Buttwick picked  
  up half the shell of a Thornton's egg directly
  in front of my door. Fearing some accident
  to the nest which is near the path about
  50 yds from the house I went to it but
  found the bird sitting. On hustling her off
  I found that the three eggs had all hatched.
  I looked at them last about noon on the 
  5th. The young today seemed very large for
  birds not more than two days from the shell
  and were already covered with large patches
  blackish heavy down. The old bird has 
  become so confiding that she will almost
  let me touch her on on the nest and on being
  driven off she  no longer makes any sound
  although she used to scold me soundly.
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The Thornton's
Eggs hatch[/margin]

      Returned to Buttericks' to tea. At
   7 p.m. ll took a walk with ?[Tolman] to
   Cyrus Colwell's &[and] into a pasture beyond.
   Several Grass Finches & Field Sparrows singing.
   The evening very calm & beautiful. Crickets 
   chirping almost as firmly as in September.
   I heard them first about a week ago.
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Evening Walk to
Sunset Pasture[/margin]
               The Thornton's eggs hatch
               Evening walk to Sunset Pasture