Concord, Mass.
1899.
April 14
  Sunny but hazy. Ther. [thermometer] 48 [degrees] - 8 A.M.; 60 [degrees] 1 P.M. Winds
varying from W. to E. in forenoon, S.W. in P.M.
  Returned to Concord by the 9.10 A.M. train and spent
the day down river dining at the cabin and visiting the
Barrett Farm in the afternoon. Sailed across the meadows
both going and returning.
  A Purple Finch in full song near the house, flock of 7
Tree Sparrows (one singing) on Honeysuckle Island, two Kingfishers,
flock of 20 White-Bellied Swallows on the meadows, three Flickers
shouting, three Bluebirds singing, about 18 Robins, two or three
Phoebes, and a fair number of Song Sparrows. A Swamp
Sparrow seen in front of the cabin by Gilbert, 12 Black
Ducks and 5 Goosanders in Bedford Swamp by Herbert Holden.
[margin]Birds along
the river[/margin]
  In the open, tussocky, springing run which empties into the
meadow east of Dakin's Hill I flushed two Wilson's Snipe early
this afternoon. George Holden tells me that he saw one in the
same place about a week ago.
[margin]Wilson's Snipe[/margin]
  As I was paddling out into Great Meadow at about 5 P.M. I
saw what I took to be a large Duck floating on the water
near the head of Brown Dam rapid. On getting nearer I made
it out to be a Red-necked Grebe the first I have ever found here.
It was preening its feathers & paid no attention to me until I
was within about 80 yds. when it stretched up its long, slender
neck & a moment later took wing, rising heavily like a Loon.
It circled low over the meadows flying swiftly with its
neck extended in front & its legs behind looking exceedingly like a
Red-throated Diver. Before it left the water I saw distinctly
[margin]Red-necked
Greebe [sic] [grebe][/margin]
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