Concord, Mass.
1902.
Sept. 28
  Alternately cloudy & sunny with light showers in P.M. Oppressively
sultry. Heavy rain last night.
  I came to Concord late yesterday afternoon and am
settled at the cabin. Spent the forenoon setting out plants,
chiefly blazing stars which I got at South Yarmouth a week ago.
Went to the farm in the afternoon, returning just before dark.
I settle at the cabin for several weeks
  The woods everywhere were swarming with Black-poll
Warblers, but they were most numerous among gray birches.
Early this morning I heard one (no doubt an adult bird)
give the full spring song over near the cabin, directly in
front of which I found a dozen or more when I came
down to breakfast.
Black-poll Warbler in full song.
  Besides the black-polls I heard a Pine Warbler singing
feebly & several Black-throated Green Warblers chirping.
Pine Warbler.
  A Partridge was drumming at short, regular intervals
on the stone wall at the east end of Ball's Hill and
another at the foot of the run at the farm. I also started
five birds all together among some pines at the farm.
Partridge.
  As I was passing Green Field an Osprey appeared over
it soaring in majestic circles at a considerable height.
Fish Hawk.
  Pat & Hansen saw three Deer at the farm about
three weeks ago. One of them, a buck with large horns, was
 in the woods near Pulpit Rock, the other two, both does, were
in the meadow at the foot of the orchard. All three
started nearly at once. Deer have cropped my wild flowers at the cabin recently.
Three Deer seen at the farm.
  The Tree Crickets are in full chorus this morning.
Tree Crickets
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