1892
June 18
Concord, Massachusetts.
Mass.
Concord.- Cloudy or rather clearing weather, very sultry, with
light E. wind.
  Wilson's Thrushes and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks singing
freely at day break and well into the forenoon. At
9.15 I visited the Grosbeak's nest behind the hill and
found the female sitting. Hitherto I have always found
the male but all my previous visits have been made
after noon.
[margin]Rose-breasted
Grosbeaks nest[/margin]
  The Vireo's nest found yesterday had an egg this
morning. The bird was absent but returned before I
left the spot and scolded me vigorously.
[margin]Red eyed Vireo's
nest.[/margin]
  The yellow iris which I transplanted to my ponds
was in bloom to-day. The ferns have been badly
beaten down by the rain of yesterday and will
not, I fear, recover their former beauty.
[margin]Yellow iris
blooms.[/margin]
  The [delete]Carolina[/delete] Virginia Rail called cutter all the forenoon and
I heard it last night whenever I was awake.
  At 12 M.[midday] we packed the canoes and started for Concord.
On reaching the Buttricks' landing we heard a short, low
whistle repeated at regular intervals in some alders on
Honeysuckle Island. It resembled the autumn call of
the Rose-breasted Grosbeak and proved to ["be" omitted?] made by one
of these birds, a little bob-tailed youngster just from the
nest who presently flew across the river and dropped
into the tall grass near us where he renewed his calling.
[margin]Call of young
Rose-breasted
Grosbeak[/margin]
  At 3 P.M. we again started up river & alternately paddling
and sailing reached Fairhaven Bay at 5.30. As we
passed the Cliffs I heard a Great Crested Flycatcher
a Towhee and several Cat-birds but [delete][?][/delete] no Brown Thrashers
nor Nashville Warblers both of which have no doubt
finished their brief song period.
[margin]Canoe trip to
Fairhaven[/margin]