CONCORD 
1916 
Aug:ust 50 
November 4 
Marsh 
and river 
frequenting 
birds 
Great 
Blue Herons 
Black Ducks 
Night & 
Green Herons 
Kingfishers 
Of the larger marsh and river-frequenting biids I 
saw little or nothing this suturan excepting ?/hile rowing 
from the Manse to Ball's Hill, with H. W. Henshaw, during 
the forenoon of September 7. They were then encountered 
in greater numbers and variety than has happened within 
my personal experience and along the same stretch of river, 
for very many years. Besides enjoying the sight of them, 
we were glad to infer from their exceptional fearlessness, 
as well as comparative abundance, that they must be 
resorting there regularly and could not have suffered 
recent molestation from gun-bearing men or boys. This was 
especially indicated by the behavior of three or four 
Great Blue Herons ?7ho flitted on singly, ahead of our 
advancing boat, for the distance of a mile or more, some¬ 
times alighting in trees but oftener mid-leg deep in 
shallow river reaches where they might stand watching our 
approach or perha^ps ignore it seemingly T/hile facing in 
other directions and bending their hea^ds downward as if 
looking for fishy prey. Rowing slo\Tly in midstream we 
repeatedly got within long shot-gun range of them a.nd 
almost Equally near eight Black Ducks that rose on wing 
together from the shallow expansion of the river knovm as 
Hunt's Pond. 
Similarly, if not even more, confiding v/ere the 
two Night Herons, three Green Herons and five or six King¬ 
fishers seen during the trip. Of eI 1 the interesting 
