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Concord, Mass.
1897
April 26
  Clear most of the day with variable winds. Much cooler
than yesterday.
  We rose early and spent nearly two hours (7-9 A.M.)
walking about in the woods. Birds singing freely
but not very many individuals of any one species.
  Took the 9.29 A.M. train for Cambridge where I
spent the day returning to W. Bedford by the late
afternoon train. The evening was very beautiful with
cloudless sky and no wind.
" [April] 27
  Cl[?] with strong S.W. wind.
  Spent the day walking near the cabin & saw
very few birds. At evening walked to Holden's Hill
through the woods. Snipe were drumming & cackling
all over the Great Meadows. Judging by the racket
they made there must have been dozens of them.
I heard a Fox barking, also.
" [April] 28
  Cloudy with strong S.W. wind, clearing late in the
afternoon, the following night cloudless with a brilliant
display of stars and cool, frosty air.
  Spent this day also setting out trees & shrubs. Heard
a Snipe drum several times about 9 A.M.
  Faxon came by the 5.30 train to spend the night.
After tea we took the old wooden boat and rowed
up to the Beaver Dam Rapid. The meadows were simply 
alive with Snipe & their drumming & cackling for an
hour or more was almost incessant.