Concord, Mass.
1905
Sept.29
Brilliantly clear and very warm. Forenoon calm; E. wind in P.M.
  About 8 A.M. a flock of 24 Black Ducks appeared over
Ball's Hill coming from the north. They circled very many 
times over Great Meadow, evidently tempted to alight, but they
were finally frightened by some gunners who were shooting 
at Snipe.
  There was evidently a heavy flight of Snipe for fully
fifty shots were fired in the meadow during the day. I
saw three Snipe on wing just after the Ducks passed and
heard one bird drum once just before this.
Snipe drums at 8 A.M. in clear weather.
October 1   
  Early morning cloudy; remainder of day clear and very warm.
Slight S.W. wind.
  A flock of 15 Black Ducks passed over Ball's Hill about
10 A.M. An hour earlier I saw fully 100 Crows in the
meadow just below Birch Island.
  About noon Mr. Forbush and I were standing in
front of the cabin when we heard a continuous low
vibrant sound not unlike the rattling of a Rattle (?).
It proved to come from a small Wood Frog which a 
rather large Leopard Frog was swallowing head first. The
sound ceased before we found the Frogs, but there was no
question as to its origin.
  As I was crossing Mr. Harris' pastures about 2 P.M.
I saw a large Woodchuck flattened out on rather bare, newly
seeded ground some forty yards off. I flung a stone at
him but he did not move. Continuing to pelt him with
stones I approached him slowly to within four feet. He neither
moved nor threatened. As I began to circle around him he 
made a dash for his hole which I had up to that time
unwittingly cut him off from!