Canoe Trip — Concord to Wayland 
1891 
May 23 
We slept soundly and did not rise until the sun 
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Birds 
was well above the horizon. I was awake at daybreak, however, 
and as in April,when I camped with Bolles in this same place, 
sinking; 
a Thrasher was the first bird to sing, followed soon after 
at daybreak 
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by Swamp, Song and Field Sparrows. I heard other common birds 
but neglected to note them and soon fell asleep again. 
Within sight or hearing of our camping place I 
saw or heard in the course of the first two hours after we 
arose ... 44 species. . * 
The Whippoorwill was heard singing just at daybreak 
and hence does not strictly belong in the list. The Partridge 
was doubtless the same bird that Bolles and I heard in April 
for it was drumming in the same place but on the present 
occasion we heard it only twice and after sunrise. . . 
At 7 A. M. we had gtowed our things in the canoes 
and, hoisting our sails, sped silently and swiftly on our 
way. No experience that I have erer had can have surpassed 
the next two hours. The rich green fields where the grass 
was already high enough to wave in the wind, althcugh still 
spangled with golden dandelions and where the Bobolinks 
rollicked and showered down their tinkling melody, the woods 
draped in tender, yellowish green foliage where Tanagers, 
Grosbeaks, Oven-birds, and the several commoner Yireos and 
Warblers were singing, the tussocky meadows and belts of 
button bushes peopled by numerous Red-wings which flitted 
from place to place and gurgled forth their rich, watery notes 
