Concord, Mass.
1903.
March 14
(No 2)
  We started for Concord at 10 A.M. and drove first
to Walden Pond which we found to be still covered with
ice save in the coves and along the shores. Thence we went
to Staple's Camp at Fairhaven Bay which was wholly
free from ice. Heard Bluebirds & Song Sparrows everywhere
save in the woods which seemed to be only
by Chickadees nearly all of which were whistling phoe bee.
At Fairhaven the water was without a ripple & the
reflections were exceptionally perfect. Saw a female Hairy
Woodpecker near Staples's Camp.
  Returned to the farm to dinner & went again at
evening to the older rim on the Swift Farm in the
hope of hearing a Woodcock but if there was one there
he preserved a discrete silence. The smaller birds
were also silent but a few Robins were calling.
  Several Hylas pumped for a few minutes after sunset &
we heard one Wood Frog. There was no Robin singing
although the birds were about in great numbers. We
saw a flock of about twenty go to roost among some
young white pines by the roadside.
Hylas
First Wood Frog
  As we were passing Lawson's house before sunset
a flock of 14 Golden-eye Ducks were seen flying
in V formations towards the north-east very high
in air.
  We must have seen & heard during the day more
than 50 Bluebirds, fully that number of Song Sparrows
and not less than 75 Robins. The Black birds do
not seem to be here in force as yet. Chipmunks
are out & very numerous for this time of the year
Antiopa Butterflies where flitting about everywhere & I saw
one angle-wing.
Unusual numbers of Bluebirds, Robins & Song Sparrow.
Chipmunks