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lAt Ball’s Hill I saw nothing of interest save 
a Red Crossbill flying about among the pines above my 
Ball’s Hill 
house.^ Taking a walk behind (the hill )I heard food Frogs 
in two different pools and saw many of them swimming 
about. Through my glass I could see that they were much 
greener than they are in autumn. They were shy as usual. 
One of the pools had the bottom covered with ice. 
All day long the rolling croaking of Leopard 
Frogs was incessant on the river meadows in every direction. 
There must have been hundreds croaking at once. Late in 
the afternoon I heard the greatest number. The sound is 
certainly most like the drumming of a distant Woodpecker. 
Towards evening the Hylas were in full cry in every meadow 
and swamp. Truly it was a great day foi the frogs but I 
heard no toadLs. It was also a great day for Turtles. Every 
floating log and board and many of the leaning trees were 
clustered all over with Painted Tortoises. I also saw a 
great many fish leaping and swishing, and paddled through 
a school of what I took to be Suckers. Minnows were darting 
about in the shallows. 
pis I paddled up river a little before sunset I saw 
two Yellow Palm Warblers in the maples below Hunts' Pond 
and a flock of about 40 Tree Swallows flying over the 
meadows. Red-wings literally swarmed. There were a few 
blossoms of the red maple out last evening and to-day both 
red and white maples were in full blowra. I saw fully developed 
hazel catkins yesterday. One Toad trilling at 11 P.M.^j 
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