CONCORD. 
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1891 
April 9 
In Concord with Faxon by 8.06 train over Lowell 
(with Faxori] 
R.R. Reached the Manse t , about 9 A.M. Robins, Bluebirds, 
Redwings, Song Sparrows and one Fox Sparrow singing. The 
pair of Downy Woodpeckers in the trees by the boat house 
but the Nuthatches absent. A single Pewee, the first I have 
seen, flitting about near the water occasionally singing 
rather faintheartedly. Three Crow Blackbirds in the orchard. 
An immense muskrat swimming to and fro and diving just out¬ 
side the bushes. We paddled down stream to Ball's Hill 
before landing. Saw few bitds except Song Sparrows and Blue- 
Tree Iridoprocne 
birds. A single^Swallow (Tachyelneta bjcol or) was flying 
over the flooded meadow. Robins singing but no Colaptes 
( Flickers ) heard during the entire day. 
At Ball's Hill I started a Crow from the nest 
under which Bolles and I had found the supposed Owl's pel¬ 
lets last Monday. Wood Frogs in full cry in a pool behind 
the ridge, sounding like a host of ducks and geese quar¬ 
reling and honking. We lay on the river bank in the sun 
for nearly an hour, talking and smoking. Heard a Muskrat 
murmuring in the bush opposite but could not see him. 
Starting on, we rounded Ball's Hill and followed 
the shores beyond closely. Two Fox Sparrows in the thicket 
by the wall where we left a dozen on the 6th. Are these 
some of the same lot or more recent arrivals^ 
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