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CONCORD. 
To Bell 1 s Hill . 
1892 
July 16 
Red-tailed 
Hawks 
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I started for Ball's Hill at 9 A. M. under reefed 
Red-wing 
overtakes 
Cooper's 
Hawk 
cT sail. The high wind had driven the birds to shelter and I 
saw but few and heard only Song Sparrows singing. As I was 
passing Hunt's landing, a pair of adult Red-tailed Hawks 
started from the same tree, a tall elm, and soared upwards, 
balancing on the wind. The male bore something in his claws 
which looked like a half-devoured snake. 
At the Holt a Cooper's Hawk shot past, skimming 
down wind with great swiftness,yet a Red-wing pursued and 
actually overtook him , giving him a succession of vicious 
pecks on the head and finally forcing him to seek shelter 
in a tree. 
Carolina 
Dove 
Bittern 
£jr have seen Carolina Doves frequently of late (as 
well as occasionally in May and June) at the base of Dakin's 
Hill, where they perhaps go to drink as they are usually on 
the bare mud at the water's edge. July 14 a pair rose from 
this mud and took to the pines where the male cooed once. 
Yesterday three started all together and alighted in the 
same tree. I think one was a young bird. 
As I came out of the woods near Benson's landing 
this afternoon (at 5.50), a Bittern passed, flying low down 
over the channel of the river and finally dropping into the 
belt of pickerel weed on the edge of the meadow opposite 
my landing. I have not noted this species before since it 
stopped pumping (very abruptly) in early June. 
