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Concord, Mass.
Spring and early Summer.
1913 

109.  Black Duck. On March 20 [March 20, 1913] five Black Ducks which may well have 
been north-bound migrants were startled by Pat Flannery from a little 
pool of surface water in Barry's Field near the railroad embankment.
In April, May and June birds which must have been breeding were
seen at intervals along the river in the neighborhood of Ball's Hill, 
usually singly or in pairs although 5 were noted flying together on May 10 [May 10, 1913].
On July 21 [July 21, 1913] Gilbert saw a flock of 7 circling low over the meadow 
opposite the log cabin.

110.  Golden-eye. While passing through Birch Field in the evening twilight 
on April 16 [April 16, 1913] I heard the humming-top sound of a whistler's wings overhead. 
On the morning of April 3 [April 3, 1913] I saw two birds swimming in the river at 
Beaver dam rapids. At least one of them was a drake in full plumage.

111.  Herring Gull. March 15 - April 29. Seen or heard rather frequently along
the river and over its bordering flooded meadows whence the sound of 
their cleur, cleur, cleur calling sometimes reached my ears faintly but 
distinctly when I was at the Farm. For the most part they 
appeared singly or in couples but 7 were flying about Ball's Hill 
in company on March 8 [March 8, 1913] - according to Pat Flannery.

112.  Pied-billed Grebe. Noted only once - on April 22 [April 22, 1913] when, later in 
the afternoon, I heard repeated many times and coming from the 
direction of Pad Island, the characteristic Cuckoo-like calls of 
an unseen bird. The river meadows were then submerged.

113.  Starling. Sturnus vulgaris has at length reached Concord.
I saw a male flying past Ball's Hill on May 8 [May 8, 1913], another in front 
of Darby Ferguson's house at Concord on the 22 [May 22, 1913], a pair on the ground 
in a door yard across the road from Ferguson's on June 8 [June 8, 1913] & a single 
bird, a female, perched on a telegraph pole near W. Bedford R. R. Station [West Bedford Railroad Station], on June 21 [June 21, 1913].