Concord, Mass.
1901.
June 1
  Cloudy with strong, cold N.E. wind.
  I came from Lancaster by the early train this 
morning and drove directly to the farm reaching there
at about ten o'clock. The morning was exceedingly dark
and gloomy and but few birds were singing.
  As I was passing under the big elm a female Hummer
came flying in from the open fields with some white cottony
substance in her bill. She went directly to her nest which
was evidently nearly finished and which was saddled
on a drooping branch about half an inch in diameter
and nearly over the driveway at a height of perhaps
eighteen feet above the ground. The branch was a short
one that started out from the main trunk under
some large branches. The bird quickly worked her material
into the lining of the nest sitting in it the while and
turning slowly as she used her long bill with
much dexterity. I visited the tree later in the day
and found the bird sitting quietly in the nest as
she was the following morning.
  Late in the afternoon Walter Deane and I saw
a Marsh Hawk beating the meadow behind Holden's
Hill. The bird looked like a female but the light was
poor and we could not make out any color. There
must be a Marsh Hawk's nest somewhere in
this region for I have seen a male flying over
the Barrett farm several times the past month.
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