Concord, Mass.
1907
Sept 27
  Partly cloudy. Cold last night (ther. 43 degrees) but warm through 
the day with light S.W. wind.
  Arrivals. Yellow-rumped Warbler 1, White-throated Sparrow, 1.
  As I was at work setting out plants on the shores
of the little artificial pond in our berry pasture this morning
I heard the rustling sound of wings very near me. The
next instant a Solitary Sandpiper alighted about 20 yards distant.
The bird appeared to have just come from a distance &
was no doubt a migrant fresh from the north. The first
thing it did was to satisfy its thirst by wading into the
water and drinking copiously, just as a Warbler, Thrush or
Sparrow would have done, that is to say by immersing
the partly open bill and then pointing it upward to let the water run
down its throat at the same time working the mandibles.
In this way it secured a number of swallows. It then
rambled almost entirely around the pond trying for food
in a number of places but apparently failing to secure
any. The ground was for the most part too hard for
it to probe although it attempted to do so. At length
(about ten minutes after its first appearance) I
looked up & found that it had departed in silence.
Later in the day Pat Flannery heard a Kingfisher
rattling and saw it alight in a small elm over
the pond. There are a few minnows there. How quickly
the Kingfisher discovers their presence in such remote
places. This pool was dug only a year or two ago. I
have just enlarged it, considerably. No doubt
Ducks will come to it in course of time.
  About 3 P.M. I saw a solitary Chimney Swift high in air
hurrying southward over the orchard. This is a late date.