1892.
July 18
Concord, Massachusetts.
[margin]Sunrise at
Lee's Cliff.[/margin]
Mass.
Concord.- Forenoon absolutely cloudless the air clear and
sparkling but the sun warm. Wind S.W. easing to a
stiff breeze and bringing many clouds in the afternoon.
  Robins were singing at day break. They were closely
followed by Swamp Sparrows and next by a Cat Bird.
  I arose just as the sun was appearing over the hill
to the east. It was one of those brilliant mornings
which seem too perfect to be real, and indeed, when
I looked out over the bay, I rubbed my eyes to make
sure that I was awake for in place of the water was
what seemed to be a level plain of spotless snow. It
was of course fog lying close to the water and nowhere
encroaching on the shore even where this was meadow.
A little later when [delete]the[/delete] a light air started from the
South the misty effect was heightened for the fog
began driving across the Bay just as [delete]snow[/delete] the drifting
snow drives. I have rarely seen anything more beautiful.
  Just before sunrise there was a grand chorus of Red-eyes
rolling all around the wooded shores. It seemed as
if dozens were singing at once; [delete]and[/delete] there were [delete]seemed[/delete]
[delete]to be[/delete] no other bird voices at this time. But a
little later I heard Robins, Veeries, a Cat Bird,
a Pine, Chestnut sided, and Black-throated Green
Warbler, a Black & white Creeper, a Chickadee, a
Solitary Vireo, Swamp, Song and Chipping Sparrows,
& a Field Sparrow. As far as the species just named
were concerned the singing was quite equal to that
of early June but I missed the voice of the
Oven-bird and Tanager and there was only one
Red-wing singing. I suppose the last-named
species was not really present in any numbers.