Concord, Mass.
1901.
Aug 5-10
(No 2)
been "laid down" and seeded. They must have
been at least 300 birds scattered about on the
ground or flying to & from trees on the edge
of the field.
  Early in the week I saw a great many Kingbirds
singly or in parties of three or four. They were in
fields & orchards & whenever they took long flights they
moved southward.
  Purple Martins were about through the entire week, as
were also Barn Swallows. Both species appeared over the
trees about the house every morning and evening, flying
to & fro in a leisurely way evidently feeding.
  On the morning of the 8th just as day was breaking
a Whippoorwill sang very near the house a dozen times
or more at short intervals.
  Our little spaniel "Hadje" has started Partridges nearly
every time I have taken him into the woods but
not more than two or three on any single occasion.
  A Hummingbird visits the flower garden nearly every
morning and evening. 
  On the 5th I was surprised to see a Chipping Sparrow
sitting quietly on her nest which was in an apple tree
behind the house. On the 8th I found the nest on the
ground directly under the branch where it had been
built. In it were three young about two-thirds grown
and partly feathered. All were dead. I think the nest
must have been washed down by the heavy rains
of the previous day. While I was looking at the dead
young on the evening of the 8th one of the old
birds came close about me and chirped anxiously.
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