1789 



Nov II 



I79o 



forenoon passed over Jeffn^'s ledge „saw a nwnhp.r of gulls of 

 vp.riouB kinds, flookR of white-v.'inged coots black coots Shell Due 

 ks and flock of Sea or Eider -down Ducks. " — 



This morn at Bun rise up with Boston Light House I'lantasket 

 Islands <Scc Yery heauttifnl and considerable verdure , sheep &c , 



verir fine serene clear morning great quantities of v;ild Fowl 

 particularly on the spit of sand, such as Shags Sea Duck& ,Gr^^l-1 b 

 Coots J Old wifes fee Brant &c 



■larch 3 As ^ve passed through little Cambridge towards Brookline savf for 

 the first time this season a great inany Robins.(for a mile or twd 

 on the south side of a long hill. They are birds common in this 

 countr^r of a dark leaden color oh the back wings and tail and rd 

 red breasts yellow white billg,and about the size of the englik 

 singing black" bird. This is prol al-ly the red breasted thrush 

 mentioned in Peter Kalm's Travels in N America, 



April 6 wild Pidgeons brought to market the 3rd and to the lOth 



May 18 The birds here called Boblimcums appeared in considerable 



numbers , Swallows' have been marierous near the whole of this mon 



th Brent have been very numerous this Spring eamie earlier than 

 usual. 



July 14 Being shooting on Deer Island, I shot and wounded a G-olden IJpl 



and Plover, some little time after pursueing it I found it with 

 a young one just fledged and beginning to flutter along the 

 shore, upon attempting to catch it ,it ran into the water and 

 attempted to swim from the shore. Icaught it and brought it home 

 and was surprised to find it the next day apparently well and 

 Hvel3r, I offered it young Grasshoppers worpis and insects which 

 ^s^bMi it caught at and" ate them, B,pp earing to be pleased with 

 them, but did not like to feed out of the vessel vrfiich liad v/ater 

 in it. 



July 21 West Sxidbriry here saw several Passenger Wild Pidgeon 



July 23 stage to N.Y. Weathersf ield put up a couple of wild Pidgeons 

 and a number of Red Shanks or Yellow Legs about a fenny pool 



