1391 
April 6 
To Concord with Bolles "by 6.36 train. Lon the 
way over to Porter’s, Bolles saw three birds in the 
Observatory grounds which he is nearly sure were Pine Linnets. 
They were bending down over larch cones extracting the seeds^j 
On reaching the Manse, we took my Rushfcon boat 
from the boat house where it has lain all winter and pre¬ 
pared to start down river. While thus engaged, we heard or 
saw a pair of Wnite-bellied Nuthatches, a pair of Downy Wood¬ 
peckers, several Song Sparrows and Redwings, one Meadow ^Lark, 
Robins, and in the distance Fox Sparrows. The Woodpeckers 
were on the river bank. The male drummed several times, 
when the female appeared and joined him. The Nuthatches were 
creeping and scrambling about on a large ash near the North 
wall. 
We paddled down river to Hunt's Pond, hearing 
many Song Sparrows and one little party of Tree Sparrows 
in full song. At Hunt's Pond we landed and walked back over 
the fields to a hollow where we found a fQjck of fully fifty 
Red-wings, all males. On seeing us, they flew into an oak 
and at once burst out into a ringing chorus or medley of 
singing as is their habit at this season. At a little dis¬ 
tance, some of their notes resembled so strongly the honking 
of Geese that we both thought at first that Geese were really 
calling in the distance. 
