1892.
Aug. 24
(No 2)
Concord, Massachusetts.
Mass.
Concord.- Red-wings and Bobolinks were scattered in
small flocks along the margin of the river wherever
there was any considerable belt of wild rice the grains
of which they have now nearly harvested.

  Late in the afternoon a flock of 15 Chimney Swifts
appeared over the river just above Ball's Hill. They came
from the westward and at first were high in the air
but presently descended and skimmed low over the meadows
and water getting their evening meal. I think they
were migrants but there are a few local birds still
flying above the village.
[margin]Chimney Swifts
migrating(?)[/margin]

  On my way up river I saw six Carolina Doves flying
in a close bunch like Plover over the Great Meadows
in the direction of Ball's Hill. This is the first real
flock that I have noted this season.
[margin]Carolina Doves
flocking[/margin]

  I also saw a Marsh Hawk, an adult, male, flying over
these meadows a little before sunset.
[margin]Marsh Hawk[/margin]

  Indigo Birds are now frequenting the corn fields as is
their habit at this season & through September. I heard
one in Bensen's field on the 22nd and there were two in a corn field
nears Hunt's landing to-day. The note of the young Indigo Bird
lacks the hard quality of that of the adult and is so
very like the whit of Empidonax minimus that I find
it difficult to distinguish between the two species unless
the bird is very near me. One of those seen to-day was
an old male still in the blue plumage.
[margin]Indigo Birds
in cornfields[/margin]