1892
June 19
Concord, Massachusetts.
[margin]A night in the
canoe at Fairhaven[/margin]
Mass.
Concord.- Cloudy with brief intervals of sunshine & light
S. wind.- A sultry day.
  Spent the night very comfortably in my canoe, Spelman
choosing to sleep on the ground under his own tent. At
day break heard Wilson's Thrushes, Oven-birds, Song Sparrows,
an Oriole, a Tanager, and many other common species.
A Great-crested Flycatcher was calling in the oak woods
opposite the point as we were eating breakfast.
[margin]Birds at
day break.[/margin]
  At 11 a.m. packed the canoe and started down
river under sail. Swamp Sparrows in full song in
the button bushes all the way from the bay to
Heath's bridge. I must have heard five or six in this
distance.
  Put out a spoon and caught a bass of about a
pound in night but released him again.
  In some woods just below Heath's bridge a Partridge
drummed once very near the river as we were
passing. I have not heard one before this month.
An Indigo Bird also sang a few times in these woods.
[margin]Ruffed Grouse
drums.[/margin]
  King birds are as numerous as usual along the river
but Swallows are exceedingly scarce. The weather both
yesterday & to-day was favorable for them to seek the
meadows but yesterday in going from Ball's Hill to
Fairhaven I saw only two Barn Swallows, two Bank
Swallows, and three or four White-bellies, to-day
on our return only two White-bellies & one Eave Swallow
besides three or four Martins (on both days).
[margin]King birds[/margin]
[margin]Scarcity of
Swallows.[/margin]
  A Solitary Vireo was in full song in the trees near the river
just above Heard's bridge as we passed; Also a Purple Finch
and Least Flycatcher.
[margin]Solitary Vireo
singing in the
village[/margin]
  A Night Hawk flying high & peeping near the house at sunset.
  Lunched on Egg Rock & reached home at 4 P.M.