Concord, Mass.
1902.
May 25
  Cloudy most of the day & very sultry. Light
rain in the evening.
  I went to Concord late yesterday afternoon with
Ernest Seton Thompson who passed the night with me
at the cabin. There was a heavy thunder storm shortly
after eight o'clock. During its continuance the Garden Toads
along the river kept up their harsh (summer) squawking
without the slightest cessation.
  Later in the night the moon (now full) came out
for brief intervals during which I occasionally heard
a Bittern pump or an Oven-bird sing on wing directly
over the cabin.
  I was awake at daybreak this morning when the 
birds began singing in the following order: - Phoebe, Bittern,
Robin, Veery, Red-wings, Black & White Creeper as soon as
the light showed in the East; Tanager, Bobolinks & Red eyed
Vireos at sunrise; Rose-breasted Grosbeak shortly after
sunrise.
  Seton and I spent the whole forenoon in the woods
walking to the farm by way of Davis's Hill and Birch Island
returning through the oak woods past the spring & over
Pine Ridge. Tanagers & Grosbeaks seemed to me less numerous
than usual but all the other summer residents were
in about their usual numbers. There were a good
many Black-poll Warblers singing, especially in the
orchard at the farm. We heard three Canadian Warblers,
one in Ball's Hill swamp, the other two behind Davis's Hill,
both feeding grounds for this species. There was a silent
Water Thrush by the river and a Yellow-billed Flycatcher
among the pines on Pine Ridge.
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