1892
Sept. 3
(No 2)
Concord, Massachusetts
Mass.
Concord. Among the pines on Benson's Knoll I saw
a black-billed Cuckoo, apparently a solitary bird.
  The Dove was sitting on her nest in the red cedar as 
I passed the place early in the forenoon but I did not
disturb her.
[margin] Dove's nest [/margin]
  Swifts were scattered about on the meadows at evening 
flying low over the grass. I saw about as many as
on the 1st. They acted like local birds.
[margin] Swifts [/margin]
  Only a few Barn Swallows to-day and no other species 
of the family represented at all. The Swallows have
not been conspicuous along the rim this summer
as they were in 1886-7. They have been more scattered and
have left us very gradually - a few at a time.
[margin] Barn Swallows [/margin]
  Two parties of sportsmen with their dogs were beating [margin] Wilson's Snipe on the meadows [/margin]
the meadows in the afternoon and [delete] I heard them [/delete] fired on the meadows
a dozen or more shots. On my way up rim at evening
I passed near one of these parties and on questioning
them was informed that they had started four
Wilson's Snipe and had shot one of these birds &
a Marsh Hawk.
  The recent cold snap (the ther. fell to 45 degrees on the night 
of the 2nd) has chilled the water and brought out the
Turtles to bask in the sun. I saw numbers of the
Painted Tortoises & a few Snappers this forenoon.
[margin] Turtles [/margin]