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Concord, Mass.
1898.
March 29
 Early morning calm & sunny; remainder of day cloudy
with light S.W. wind and rain in the late afternoon
lasting through the night.
 To Ball's Hill at 9 A.M. paddling down. Heard
a Savanna Sparrow singing rather feebly on the edge of
Great Meadow and saw an immature Swamp Sparrow
in some bushes on the river bank just above Hunt's Ponds
both birds being the first that I have noted.
Twelve White-billed Swallows were flying together
on the meadows near the Holt. The numbers of
Red-wings and Song Sparrows have remained about
the same for the past four days. Robins are very
numerous everywhere but hardly in full song as yet.
I heard one this evening singing divinely, however,
in the rain at the Keyes'.
 Spent the day in the woods near Ball's Hill
seeing nothing of especial interest.
 As I was on my way up river later in the
afternoon I saw a very large Mink swim across
a pool and disappear among the roots of the fallen
maple on Mrs. Barrett's meadow.
 The river has fallen rapidly the past week and
much of the Great Meadow is now exposed so that
I can no longer cross it with a canoe. The grass
gets greener every day. Hylas, Wood Frogs & Leopard Frogs
are singing everywhere but not in great numbers 
as yet.