1902.
May 15
(No 2)
listening to him it seemed to me that one of
 the most marked characteristics of the Tennessee Warbler's
song is that it is delivered at shorter intervals than
that of almost any other of our Warblers. At least this
is usually the case when the bird is singing steadily.
  Our Bluebird was in full, rapturous song all day
long and early in the forenoon I saw him escorting his
mate to the bird box over the shed into which she carried
a large mouthful of fine dry grass. I supposed at the
time that her first nest must have been broken up
but in the afternoon while driving to Concord I passed
directly under a young Bluebird that was perched on a
telegraph wire. It started a moment later & flew off
easily enough although rather feebly. This is a very early
date for young Bluebirds to leave the nest. During a
walk of about a mile up the road this evening I saw
six or eight Bluebirds but all were adults & silent.
  Early this afternoon I heard a House Wren singing in
the Holden orchard near the little brick school house at
the entrance to the road that leads to Benson's. It is
the first I have ever found anywhere in this part
of Concord. I wish it would settle in our orchard.
  The Partridges were drumming later this afternoon
within hearing of the house one near the head of the
river, another at its foot, the third at the western
end of Birch Field. All three of these stations were
frequented by drummers last year.
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