Concord, Mass.
1899.
May 11
  Forenoon clear with hot, dry & very strong W. to S.W. wind.
Clouds gathering in the afternoon bringing at about 4 P.M.
a shower that lasted over an hour and did an immense
amount of good (the country has been suffering badly for
rain for nearly two weeks). Ther. [thermometer] 53 [degrees] - 6 A.M., 68 [degrees] - 1 P.M., 54 [degrees] - 8 P.M.
  Arrivals. Red-eyed vireo 1* [singing] Ball's Hill
  Henslow's Sparrow 1 * [singing] Springy, bushy run behind Holden[']s.
[margin]Arrivals.[/margin]
  In the forenoon Purdie and I crossed the river and walked 
up the track towards Concord looking for wild flowers
but finding nothing of much interest. Heard a Bobolink,
a Field Sparrow & numerous Creepers, & Chestnut sided Warblers
Saw a flock of about 15 Locust Sandpipers flying over
the meadows.
[margin]Locust Sandpipers[/margin]
  To the Barrett farm by way of the river & Dakin's Hill
in the afternoon. After the shower we started back. Two
Towhees singing, one in the run, the other west of the wood.
In a springy run filled with thickets of sheep laurel &
broken by mounds & hummocks directly behind Holden's barn
a Henslow's Sparrow was singing. In or near Holden's orchard
we heard three Orioles and a Bobolink. Some Bank Swallows
were coming about the sand bank near the big oak.
As we approached the river we saw a flock of five
Night Herons circling over the Great Meadow and a 
little later as we were sculling down stream three
Greater Yellow-legs passed. The sun streaming through
a rent in the cloud cast a wonderful light
over the woods & meadows. Heard two Virginia Rails
& one Carolina. The Bitterns pumping in the usual place.
[margin]Henslow's sparrow[/margin]
[margin]Night Herons[/margin] 