1892
July 17
Concord, Massachusetts.
[margin]Camping trip up Sudbury River.[/margin]
  Clear, with N.W. wind in A.M. changing to S.W. in P.M.
Rather cool. a fine bracing day.
  At 4 P.M. I started up river alone in my "Stella Maris"
canoe taking my tent and camping outfit. The wind
had just before hauled into the S.W. so that I had
no chance to sail until I reached Clam-shell Hill.
A Red-shouldered Hawk was soaring over the French
farm and a Marsh Hawk beating Heath's meadow.
Both were adult males.
  I heard few birds until I passed Heath's Bridge
between which and Fairhaven I noted Robins, Red-eyes,
Towhees (3), Swamp Sparrows, Black-throated Green Warblers,
a Bluebird, a Tanager, a Savanna Sparrow a Quail
and a Red-winged Blackbird, [delete]The[/delete] all singing freely.
  Landed at Lee's Cliff and drew my canoe out of
the water and into the grassy opening at the foot of
the cliff. Here I made the following brief notes:
7.30 P.M. A Pine Warbler and Solitary Vireo singing
in the woods on the cliff, a Chestnut-sided Warbler
(only a few times) in the alders near me, Song and Swamp
Sparrows along the edge of the meadow.
7.51 Last Swamp Sparrow. A Cat Bird & Veery still singing. The
Veery closes the concert of diurnal birds.
8.00 First Whippoorwill.
8.05 No Frogs as yet. I hear only crickets and an
occasional Whippoorwill now.
9.00 Bull and Green Frogs Begin and sing at intervals
  as long as I am awake.
[margin]Birds singing
at Lee's Cliff
at sunset.[/margin]
At 8.30 a large & most brilliant meteor shot across
the Bay from S.E. to N.W., apparently very low down.
I could here the splash of dozens of startled fishes as it
passed.
[margin]Meteor startles
fish.[/margin]