Concord, Mass.
1910.
June 26
(No 4)
[June 26, 1910]

A Cat bird silent in May & early June sings finely in late June

  In my journal for the past season I have
made occasional reference to our silent Cat-bird.
From the time of his arrival in early May
to the present date I have had him under
almost constant observation but up to within
the past two or three days I have not once
heard him in full song and only a very few
times have I heard him utter anything more
than a low call to his mate. Their first nest
was in the syringa hedge in the garden when
they raised their brood without mishap the
young leaving the nest several days ago. They
have now moved to dense cluster of bushes by
the old wall in front of the house. Here the
male has been singing almost constantly at a.m.
hours for the past two days. He is a fine performer
now that he sees fit to exert himself  in this way.