Concord, Mass.
Ball's Hill.
1900.
May 31
(No 2)
  Visiting the Nashville Warbler's nest at 5 P.M.
I found her sitting. She permitted me to set up the
camera within about 4 ft., put the focusing cloth over
it, and make an exposure at the end of which 
she darted off into the woods flying directly from
the nest. After she had gone I found a Garter Snake
of about a foot in length lying in front of the
nest within six inches of the entrance. The bird
must have actually brushed him with her wings
as she started to fly. He was too small to have
injured her but he may have had designs on 
the eggs. The male Nashville sings all day long on
the crest & upper slopes of Ball's Hill but I
never see or hear him nearer the nest than about
100 yards.
Nest of
Nashville 
Warbler
  The warm weather of yesterday & to-day has
brought out multitudes of dragon flies & a few
mosquitoes. Green frogs are ? to-night
for the first time and the squawking summer
cry of the Garden Toads is incessant & almost
deafening. Bull frogs have been thumping for a
week or more when the days have been warm.
Dragon Flies
& Mosquitoes
Green Frogs.
Toads
Bull Frogs
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