Concord, Mass.
1899.
May 29  
  Spent last night at the Keyeses'. Just before sunset saw 
a Hummer among the blossoms of their Japan quince and
heard a Meadow Lark and Yellow-winged Sparrow singing,
the latter bird in the back pasture on the north slope
of the hill.
  At day break this morning great numbers of birds were
singing close about the house. I noted Robins, A Cat bird,
Yellow Warbler, Maryland Yellow-throat, Red-eyed & Yellow-throated
Vireos, a Purple Finch, Gold Finch, Song Sparrow, Chippy, Grosbeak,
several Bobolinks & Baltimore Orioles, a Phoebe, Kingbird, 2 or 3 Least
Flycatchers, Chimney Swifts, a Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Purple Martins, 
and Barn, Eave and Bank Swallows. These with the Hummer, 
Meadow Lark and Yellow-winged Sparrow noted last evening
make a list of 27 species which are evidently breeding on
or very near this place.
[margin]List of birds
noted at
Keyes Place[/margin]
  On my way back to Ball's Hill in the early forenoon
I heard two Black-poll Warblers singing in trees
on the river banks.
[margin]Black-polls[/margin]
" [May] 30  
  Clear with strong W. wind. Ther [thermometer] 56 [degrees] - 77 [degrees] - 69 [degrees].
  A Black-poll Warbler was singing near the cabin this  
morning. At evening I saw two Night-hawks and a [female]
Cooper's Hawk at Davis's Hill. 
  Many Turtles (among them a Wood Tortoise) were laying
in sandy paths & openings near Ball's Hill 
this forenoon.
[margin]Turtles
laying[/margin]
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