1892
July 9
(No 4)
Concord, Massachusetts.
Mass
Concord. - old bird. After a moment or two of this the [margin]Flicker's nest[/margin]
father appears at the nest and feeds three young in
plain sight of me. I notice  no new points.
4.50. Male parent returns and laughs in tree but does not
        go to nest.
5.00 .He arrives at the nest silently so that the outcry
        of the young is my first warning of his presence.
        Three young only are fed at this time.
5.21. Male comes again silently. I can see only two young
        fed but a third may have been attended to before
        I looked up. It is raining and the young are all
        out of sight within the hole during the feeding process.
6.00  p.m. Male comes just as I am leaving and seeing me
        flies away.
[delete] I may as well complete the history of this nest here.
On July 10 I visited the nest at 11 a.m. and found
only one young bird within. I looked for the others
in all the neighboring trees but could not find any of
them. An old Flicker was calling at intervals on the
other side of the river. At 5 p.m. the single young
bird was still in the nest. He seemed to be to be fully
feathered and in full health and vigor.
I next visited the nest at 3 p.m. on the 11th and
found it empty. It was exceedingly foul, the 
bottom being covered with a muddy mass of
highly offensive excrement which was alive with
small writhing worms.
  Towards evening of the 11th several young Flickers, doubtless
the scattered members of this brood, were calling on
both sides of the river, one being in the leafy top
of the maple by the landing. All gave a feeble pi-uk. (/delete]