Concord, Mass.
1910.
Sept 20
(No 3)
[September 20, 1910]

Rand's boat house. I had an excellent view of them
through my glass making out their characteristic color &
markings (especially the generally whitish color & the narrow
white bars on the wings) to my entire satisfaction.
This is the first time I have ever met with the
Sanderling on Concord River.
  About 3 P.M. I saw a Fish Hawk flying S.W. [southwest]
at a considerable height, evidently on migration and
in the evening twilight a Great Blue Heron passed over
the hill, hainking hoarsely.
  Several days ago I put up a pole in the marsh by
our boat canal for a birch perch. There was a Kingbird
on it on the 18th & a Kingfisher to-day. The Kingfisher
sat there for many minutes intently scouring the ditch below.
At length he plunged into it with folded wings emerging
with a pickerel only 3 or 4 inches long & sounding his rattle
in triumph as he rose from the water.