Concord, Mass.
Ball's Hill.
1900.
July 13
  Brilliantly clear & pleasantly cool with light
W. wind.
  Rose at 5.30 and took a walk of about an hour
along the river path to the birch gate, up through the
fields to Bensen's pasture and back around the western
side of Ball's Hill swamp. The air was deliciously cool
and fresh and every leaf and blade of grass covered
with drops of water which sparkled like diamonds
in the rays of the sun. Altogether it was a rare
morning even for this season.
Early Morning
walk.
  The birds were singing almost as freely as in early
June. I noted down on the spot all that I saw or
heard during my walk with the following result.
Merula migratoria 2 singing, Turdus fuscesens 1 singing, Galeoscoptes
carolinensis 2 singing, Harporhynchus rufus 2 flying about the
edges of a field, Parus atricapillus heard, Mniotilta varia
2 singing, Dendroica vigorsii 2 singing, Dendroica pensylvanica 2 singing, (song
with completed ending), Dendroica virens 2 singing, Seirus aurocapillus 3 singing,
Geothlypis trichas 2 singing, Setophaga ruticilla 1 singing, Piranga rubra 2 singing,
Poocaetes gramineus 1 singing, Spizella socialis 2 seen, Melospiza
fasciata 3 singing, Melospiza georgiana 2 singing, Habia ludoviciana 1 singing (full
song thrice repeated), Vireo olivaceus 2 singing, Vireo flavifrons 1 singing,
Dolychonyx oryzivorus (small flocks chinking overhead),
Agelaius phoeniceus 3 singing 12, Quiscalus aeneus 1, Icterus galbula
1 adult singing young heard, Corvus americanus 2, Cyanocitta cristata
2, Colaptes auratus 2 singing, Dryobates pubescens medianus 1, Tyrannus
tyrannus 1, Contopus virens 2 singing, Chaetura pelagica heard 1,
Colinus virginianus 2 singing (W. Bedford Shore), Bonasa umbellus
brood of 7 or 8 young 2/3 grown; in all 32  species.
Later in the morning I noted on the West Bedford Shore
Birds singing
in early
morning.
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