CONCORD. 
Ball's Hill. 
1892 
^ May 18 
Birds heard 
at 
day-break 
Axvoke at 3.20 A. M. and stepped out of the cabin 
door. There was only a faint flush of dawn in the East but 
a nearly full moon gave a strong light and most of the birds 
had already begun singing. Within a minute or less I heard 
Robins, Thrashers, Cat-birds, Wilson’s Thrushes, Song and 
Swamp Sparrows, Red-wings, a Water Thrush, Flickers, Mary¬ 
land Yellow-Throats, Grosbeaks, a Tanager and probably others 
which I do not now recall. A Partridge was drumming regularly 
at very short intervals in the woods on the opposite (Bedford) 
shore and a Bittern pumping in the Great Meadows. The bushes 
directly in front of the cabin were fairly alive with little 
birds, their numbers having quadrupled since yesterday. There 
were Maryland Yellow-throats, Cat-birds, Canada and Wilson’s 
Black-cap Warblers, Yellow-rumps, a Least Flycatcher, several 
Wilson’s Thrushes, at least two Alice’s Thrushes, and several 
Song and Swamp Sparrows besides two or three Redstarts. All 
these birds remained during the day in this thicket. They 
are very tame and seemed tired and hungry, feeding much on 
the ground where the f ire ran. 
We ha.d a light breakfast at six o’clock and then 
took a walk along the river bank to and over Holden’s hill. 
Saw multitudes of small birds, chiefly Yellow-throats. 
There were two Alice’sThrushes in the brush along the river 
and an Olive-back among some pines. On Holden’s Hill heard 
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