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Red-wings singing in medley in some maples, the undertone 
resembling the honking of Geese, being very conspicuous at 
times. 
In the brook which connects the pond with the 
larger brook to the west we saw a number of large fish 
swimming about in pairs occasionally showing their backs and 
making such a commotion in the water that at first I took 
them for muskrats. Their back looked broad, straight and 
smooth and lacked any visible dorsal fins from which I con¬ 
cluded that they were Suckers. were in full bloom 
everywhere to-day and a few columbines were out on sunny 
ledges. The maples, birches, poplars and willows show small 
buds 
leaves and the birds of the oaks and hickories are swelled 
to an enormous size and on the very point of bursting. !, Cow- 
slips" spangle the brook meadows and dandelion^ blossoms 
the turf of roadsides. A cherry tree in my garden unfolded 
a dozen or more blossoms on April 22 and on the 23rd had 
hundreds out. The spring, as far as vegetation goes, is the 
earliest I can remember and the late April birds are also 
nearly a week ahead of time. 
