1891 
April 27 
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broad 
/ When we awoke this morning at 4.05 it was nearly/daylight 
and we had of course missed the beginning of the bird chorus 
Canoe trip 
but for the first four or five minutes we heard only three 
a 
on 
species — the Bittern, a Thrasher, and/Song Sparrow. Others 
Sudbury 
followed in this order: Field Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, Downy 
River 
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Woodpecker (drumming), Red-wings (first singing 4.15), King- 
fisher (rattle), Chickadee (phe-be n at 4.18). Crow (4.20), 
Robin and Carolina Dove (4.23), Spotted Sandpiper (4.28), 
Bluebird (4.30), Phoebe and White-bellied Swallow (4.35), Pine 
Warbler (4.39), Mniotilta (4.40), Bank Swallow (4.41), 
Colaptes (roll and pink). Rusty Grackles, sunrise 4.26-5-, Ruby- 
crowned Kinglet. The Red-wings were not in full song until 
just before sunrise. The Bitterns (there was a second bird 
below Ball’s Hill) pumped steadily until 5,15 when both 
stopped abruptly and finally. There were two Carolina Doves 
cooing at one time. Both became silent before the sun rose. 1 
After breakfast we started down river. As we 
were passing Lee Davis’s Hill, a pair of Red-shouldered Hawks 
emerged from the pines and drifted off before the wind, soaring 
in leisurely circles and screaming a little. We could see 
no nest. We landed just below this hill and took the wood 
path which leads back into the farming country. At least 
two Partridges rose from under some young pines and we saw 
where they had been burrowing and dusting in a bare space of 
dry sand in the path. On reaching the first field, we started 
