CONCORD 
1892 
me 13 
Birds at 
daybreak 
Yellow- 
bill 
Cuckoo 
To Ball* s 
Red-wings 
mobbing 
Bronzed 
Crackles 
the first bird song, that of a Robin, at 3.05 o'clock, when 
there was only a faint glow in the East and I was obliged to 
light a match to read the time. Only a minute or two later 
a King-bird began calling. Blue-birds, Song Sparrows, etc. 
soon followed. Among the others was a Black and White Creeper 
which appeared to be in the elms in front of the house. I 
heard a Yellow-billed Cuckoo at frequent intervals — t^-t^t- 
t-t-t-tan-tan, the opening notes unusually abbreviated, A 
Black-bill sang repeatedly last night after the moon rose. 
At 9 A. M. I started for Ball's Hill in my canoe. 
For the first half mile It'was intensely hot but the breeze 
soon rose and I glided swiftly down stream under sail. The 
Hill 
birds were singing freely and I heard a Blue-bird in full 
song among the others. 
Several Grackles were flitting through the bushes 
near Hunt's landing,each followed by an excited and very 
angry mob of male Red-wings which attacked the Crackle when¬ 
ever it flew with great furiousness. I saw the same thing 
yesterday near the Buttricks* landing. There is doubtless 
good reason for this enmity for the Grackle is certainly 
an inveterate egg devourer. 
