Concord, Mass.
1909.
April 7
(No 3)  
  The Sapsucker was in nearly the same place behind
our barn again to-day. I saw him drinking sap which
dripped from the trunk of a gray birch which had
been completely girdled by rows of holes about six feet
above the ground, no doubt by his sharp pointed bill
for I passed the tree repeatedly yesterday without
noticing the injury.
Sapsucker drinking birch sap.
  No less than three flocks of Canada Geese passed
over the farm to-day. Pat heard the first flock about
8.30 A.M. but did not see them. The second flock,
containing about 70 birds, was seen by one of Richardson's
men half an hour later, passing over Birch Field. The third
flock, consisting of 18 birds, came over the orchard at
2 P. M. flying N. E. at a great height, in the approved
V formation. I was delighted to see them & to hear
their fine sonorous voices again.
Canada Geese.