1892
July 10
(No 3)
Concord, Massachusetts.
Mass.
Concord - in circles for several minutes coming within
gunshot at times. It was a Red-tailed Hawk, a
male, I should say, and was in the "immature"  plumage
having the entire  tail grayish crossed by numerous narrow
dark bars. It was undoubtedly breeding for it showed
great anxiety at our presence. I saw two other Red-tails
to-day, one near the Clamshell hill, the other this
morning in the meadow beyond Mr. Burrill's.
[margin] Red tailed Hawk [/margin]
  While we were at Lee's Cliff I also saw a male Cooper's
Hawk. He came out of the pines behind the Cliff and
scaling on set wings, shot off over the bay and beyond
with almost the velocity of a meteor.
[margin] Cooper's Hawk [/margin]
  Small birds were not singing at all freely today but we
heard representatives of more of the common species. A
Cat-bird at Lee's Cliff sang delightfully most of the time
that we were there coming into a low pine directly over
us. Its song was exceptionally good being almost wholly
free from the usual grating, snickering or choking sounds
which mar it so sadly and composed chiefly of round, full
liquid notes. Although it lacked the power and vigor
of the song of the Brown Thrasher it was equal if
not superior to it in every other respect. I do not think
that I ever before heard Cat-bird singing which equalled
this.
[margin] Song of
Cat Bird [/margin]
Bobolinks are remarkably inconspicuous now. We
heard a few chinking and now and then one sang
a few notes but we did not once hear the full song.
Several Sparrows were heard in two places.
[margin] Bobolinks
becoming silent [/margin]
  In the evening at about 9 P.M. the [delete]moonlight strong[/margin]
moon having just risen I heard a Screech Owl
wailing in the old orchard.
[margin] Screech Owl
wailing [/margin]