CONCORD 
Ma: 
1892 
JWl 
10 
First spring 
day 
Bluebirds 
arrive 
Also 
Song 
Sparrov/s 
House 
Sparrows noisy 
Mink track 
[stepping out of doors just after breakfast I 
heard a Bluebird warbling in the direction of Mr. Derby's 
and soon afterwards this or another bird flew overhead, 
giving the sad call-note. A Song Sparrow was singing 
steadily in the maples over the rock on the river bank and 
the phoebe note of the Chickadee came from two different 
directions at once. There were also Crows cawing and Jays 
screaming while the House Sparrows were making a great din 
in the pine hedge and cocks crowing in the barn yard most 
lustily. The first spring-like day was the 6th« Since then 
each day has been more and more spring-like but to-day for 
the first time it has been real spring. 
As I crossed the meadow on the way to my boat¬ 
house, I saw the fresh track^ of a Mink in the snow on the 
edge of a large pool of surface water which covered a hol¬ 
low in the ice. Garfield tells me he has seen tracks about 
Flint's bridge all winter. 
The Song Sparrows•sang to me as I was launching 
my boat but I listened for others in vain on my way down 
river nor did I hear any additional Bluebirds. Nevertheless 
the trip was very exciting for I started no less than seven 
Ducks, first a pair of Hooded Mergansers, next a pair of 
Wood Ducks, and last two adult male Golden-eyes accompanied 
