CONCORD 
Ball's Hill. 
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June 21 
Bronzed 
Grackles 
Nest of 
Yellow-bill 
Cuckoo 
[To Ball's Kill by canoe at 10.30 A, M., sailing 
down before a strong wind. Common birds singing freely. 
I hear one Carolina Rail calling cut in rather feeble tones. 
Bronzed Crackles have been very numerous along the river 
for a v/eek or more. At first I saw only old birds but 
latterly there have been many young, also. Yewterday I 
started fifteen or twenty in one place among button bushes. 
They spread dismay among the Robins and Red-wings. 
There is a Yellow-billed Cuckoo's nest in a 
leaning birch over the river just above Bunt's Pond. I 
saw it first on the 18th when the bird was sitting as she 
was on the 20th and again this morning. On two of these 
occasions her mate was calling in the next tree. The nest 
is fully 30 feet above the water and is nearly as large 
and substantial-looking as a Blue Jays's. 
Made the rounds of my place just after lunch. 
At 1.30 P, M. the male Grosbeak was on the nest in the 
Nest of 
Rose-breasted young oak. At a little after 3 P. M. I heard him singing 
Grosbeak 
near the river and on visiting the nest again at 4 P. M. 
I found the female sitting. I must watch this nest more 
closely. 
My Red-eye's nest held 3 eggs (the same number 
Nest of 
Red-eyed as yesterday) but no bird at 1.30 P. M. At 4 P. M. the 
Vireo 
female (I suppose it was) was on. This is the first time 
