1892
July 21
(No 3)
[margin]Evening walk to Bow Meadow.[/margin]
Concord, Massachusetts.
Mass.
Concord.. with and scarce ten feet from it, gliding
swiftly and silently on set wings. It must have either seen me
or failed to discover the young birds. To what
fearful dangers are not these helpless little creatures
exposed! No wonder they cower motionless on their
rude platform of interlaced twigs.

  Starting a little before seven o'clock this evening I took
the walk to Bow Meadow and back by Clark's woods and
the Estabrook road with Tolman. From the Buttricks'
to Bow Meadow we heard scarce half a dozen bird songs
in all (those of Song Sparrows & Robins) and for many minutes
at a time the woods & fields around us were perfectly
silent. But in Clark's woods the concert of Wood Thrushes
was even finer than last night's for on this occasion there
were four birds singing there at once. There was also a
Tanager in full song but nothing else. The singing
season is evidently fast drawing to a close.
[margin]Wood Thrushes√√[tick marks][/margin]
  In the hemlocks across the brook the Thrush with
the "veiled" voice was again striving to make the most
of his "one talent".
  In all we heard before reaching the road just nine
Wood Thrushes.
  The first Whippoorwill song began at 7.35 and two
birds sang after this at frequent intervals but both
ceased before it became dark.
[margin]Whippoorwills√√[tick marks][/margin]

 Tolman took a net with him and attempted to
catch some of the large Moths which frequent the
oaks along the road but failed although we saw several.
T. thinks that they are mostly the Polyphemus moth.