1892
June 22
(No 2)
Mass.
Concord.- the river. On going down to the shore
and stepping out on the sandspit at my landing
I could hear the preliminary kik-kik-kik distinctly
and then, after a slight pause, the terminal, merry
little quea rising from the marsh like a cheer.
At times the sound was drowned by the bellowing
of the innumerable Bull Frogs, at others more or
less muffled by the wind, then it would come
to my ears with startling distinctness. The bird
appeared to be nearly where the Least Bittern
was last week (the latter, by the way, has been
either absent or silent since the 16th) and in
or very near the thicket of button bushes already
described in my journal. I heard him (the "Kicker")
a few times after I went to bed and suppose
he kept up his song through the night.
[margin]Reappearance of
the "Kicker".[/margin]
  Visited the Grosbeak's nest at 12.15 P.M. and
again at 4 P.M. The female was sitting on both
occasions. The Vireo was also sitting at 4 P.M.
During the walk about my grounds with F.[Fuller]
I saw a Carolina Dove. I have not heard this
species coo for several days now. Expected to hear
Whippoorwills this evening along the wooded ridge
below Davis's hill but did not. No Thrashers singing
at sunset.
[margin]Grosbeak's
nest[/margin]
[margin]Red eye's nest[/margin]