Concord, Mass.
1900
May 4
(No 2)
some bushes by the river. Of the birds just named
the Wilson's Thrush, Brown Thrasher, Solitary Vireo, Towhee
& King bird were noted for the first time this season but
it is probable that some if not all of them arrived
here when I was absent in Cambridge. Gilbert saw
a male Redstart and a Green Heron near the cabin on
April 30.
Arrivals
  During my walk home this evening I heard
five different Partridges drumming & in addition
started three birds which were certainly not among those
which I heard. Three of the drummers were on the
Barrett farm, one on the stone wall at the foot of
the run, one on an old wall at the western end
of Birch Field, the third in the ridge south of the
spring. Standing on Pulpit Rock I could hear all
these distinctly. They seemed to be answering one another
for no two of them drummed at the same time.
The fourth drummer was at the end of Davis's Swamp,
the fifth at Ball's Hill.
Partridges
  Approaching the bird that was drumming at the
western end of Birch Field I saw him leave the 
wall and run off to the right under some pines with
his tail and ruffs wide spread. The next instant another
Partridge started from nearly the same spot & rustled
off among the dry leaves keeping behind the wall &
whining like a young puppy, keeping up this cry for
a minute or more just as a hen Partridge with young
usually does. I am nearly sure that this second bird
was a female but I did not see her distinctly enough to be
certain.
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