Concord, Mass.
1910
June 24
[June 24, 1910]  Clear with cool north wind.

Fruitless quest for "Kickers"

  Mr. Dexter and his brother came from Concord
in a canoe this evening hoping to hear the
"Kicker". I stayed with them at Ball's Hill
up to 9 o'clock. We ranged up and down
the river bank, from the cabins to Holden's
Hill, without hearing anything of interest. 
The marshes were unusually quiet, probably
because the air was rather chilly. Only
one Bull Frog tromped & no Rails of any kind
called. The Dexters heard three or four
Short-billed Marsh Wrens in Great Meadows
opposite the head of the Holt on the way down
& Mr. Smith O. Dexter (the one who lives in Concord)
heard some (he thinks as many as three) from the
river opposite the cabin on the night of the 22nd.