1892
Aug. 21
Concord, Massachusetts.
Mass.
Concord.- A sunny day, rather warm, with W. to N. wind driving
masses of cumulous [sic] clouds across the sky.

  To Bow Meadow at 10 A.M. via Derby's and Dutton's lanes,
returning down the Estabrook road about noon.

  The only birds heard singing were a Song Sparrow, a Red-eye,
a Black and White Creeper, a Wood Pewee, and a Quail. The first was near the
house; the second and third were in Derby's woods and both
sang nearly as steadily and well as in June. The Pewee also
gave the expressive spring song not the listless pee-e which I hear
most of the time now.

  Birds appear to [omitted: be] very scarce even for this the season of greatest
quiet and retirement. Besides the species just named I saw or
heard: Field Sparrows (2), Towhees (3), Robins (8), Cedar Birds (2), Thrasher (1)
Crows (several), Jays (2), Swifts (5 or 6 flying very high), Red-tailed Hawk (1),
Phoebe (1), Bluebirds (2), Kingbirds (2), Downy Woodpecker (1), Golden winged Warbler
(1), Chickadees (6), Least Flycatcher (1), Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (1) and Black-throated
Green Warbler (2). [delete]The f[/delete] In all 22 species.
  The five species last named with a Robin, a Creeper and a Wood
Pewee were all together in mixed pines & oaks near Clark's big woods.
After the manner of all such gatherings of small birds they were
moving rather steadily and rapidly from tree to tree so that I
had to walk at a fair pace to keep up with them. The
Mniotilta occasionally gave the midsummer song and one of the
Black-throated Greens warbled frequently in low tones a strain
which had little of the peculiar quality of the spring song and
which was indeed scarce recognizable. I think the singer was a young bird.
[margin]Mixed flock[/margin]
  The Golden-wing was a male with full black throat and appar-
ently fully perfected autumnal plumage. He uttered a low

[margin]Golden wing
Warbler[/margin]