Concord, Mass.
1911.
Oct. 22
[October 22, 1911]

  Cloudy and somewhat foggy with fine rain at intervals &
little or no wind. Very warm and humid. For the past
six days the weather has been continuously cloudy with
strong N.E. [Northeast] wind and intermittent rain

Golden Plover

   As H. W. Henshaw [Henry Wetherbee Henshaw] and I were standing at the edge
of the river near Bensen's Knoll about eleven o'clock this
forenoon we heard with perfect distinctness, repeated a dozen
times or more the shrill, squealing flight call of a Golden
Plover which, as indicated by the sound, was evidently
flying in a great circle over Great Meadow. Some ten minutes
later we heard it again perhaps a score of times as we were
at the cabin when the bird appeared to first circle over
Holden's Meadow and then to go off out of hearing to the
south-west. Once or twice it seemed to be within two
hundred yards but the mist was so dense that we
failed to get a sight at it. I judged by the
quality of its voice that it was a young bird or
"Pale Belly"