Concord, Mass.
1910
April 21
(No 3)
[April 21, 1910]
thought I was getting dangerously near when
they flew to a distant part of the meadow
returning to their original stations soon after I
went back to my canoe. There was simply no
cover of any kind and it was impossible to
stalk them.
  As I was taking a walk through Pine Park
just after sunset I heard something making a loud
continuous rustling among the dry leaves on the back
of Ball's Hill. Presently a very small hen partridge
appeared walking swiftly down the hillside. On
coming under a wild apple tree that stands at
the edge of the woods she flew straight up into
it without making the slightest sound of wings
and began budding. Standing within thirty yards
of the trees I watched her closely through my glass.
Partridge "budding"