Cambridge, Mass.
1909
March 17
  Clear and cool with light west wind.
  Purdie and I went again to Fish Pond this
morning alighting from our car at the further bridge
and walking thence along the park driveway to the
northern shore. The ice was all gone, the water
ruffled everywhere by wind. There were more Gulls
(about 60) than yesterday but fewer Ducks. We 
counted 60 Black Ducks and 19 Gooseanders.
Of the latter 11 were drakes in full plumage and
8 birds in female dress. They were a good way
off on the north side of the pond and I 
saw them do nothing that indicated courtship.
Visit Fresh Pond
Gulls
Black Ducks
Gooseanders
  Among the Black Ducks was a fine adult 
male Baldpate (Marica americana) in full plumage,
apparently, I saw him in the water, about
300 yards away, and twice on the wing, above the
Bald Pate in Fresh Pond