Concord, Mass.
1900.
June 2
  Sunny and cloudy by turns with violent S.W. to W.
wind which brought several light showers in the late
afternoon. Ther. 68 degrees - 82 degrees (76 degrees at 7 P.M.).
Ball's Hill
  The migrations have apparently wholly come to an
end. I did not see or hear a single northern bird
of any kind to-day and our local breeding species
were reduced to their normal summer numbers for the 
first time. At Ball's Hill they now seem to be scarcer
than usual but I will not dwell on this point now
as I intend making a careful census early to-morrow
morning if the weather is favorable for general singing.
To-day the wind silenced the birds after 8 A.M.
but they sang fairly well at sunset.
Migrations
apparently
over
  The nest-raiding goes on merrily but we are as
much as ever in the dark as to what bird or mammal
or reptile is causing such sad destruction. This morning
the Cat bird's nest in a little pine just E. of Gilbert's Cabin
was empty as was a Redstart's nest still further off in
the same direction. At evening the Redstart's nest behind
the cabin which had two eggs yesterday seemed to
have the ling torn out & the female was just beginning
a second nest in an oak that grows by Gilbert's door.
Still another Redstart's nest in a dense leafy maple
at the boat landing had been torn completely out of
the fork & was hanging in a bush beneath. I heard
the Jays behind the cabin this morning, a Crow Black-
bird was flying about at noon and two Red Squirrels
paid us a visit in the afternoon. There were also
one or two Cuckoos of each species. Which of these
creatures is the plunderer? The Blue Jay, I fear.
Nests
despoiled 
by Blue
Jays (?)
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