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Birds 
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Ball 8 s Hill 
Wood Thru sh 
sinking 
at the 
cabin 
BALL 5 S HILL AMD FAKM 
To Concord by 8.24 A. M. train, crossing the river 
at West Bedford, spending the remainder of the forenoon at 
Ball’s Hill, driving to the Farm after dinner and walking 
back through the woods by way of Pulpit Rock, the Spring 
and Davis's Swamp in the late afternoon, strolling to Bensen's 
Landing and Pine Park after suppar. 
At Ball's Hill I heard the usual birds in about the 
usual numbers — Robins, Veeries, Creepers, Oven-birds, Red¬ 
starts, a Grosbeak, Chestnut-sided Warblers, Song and Swamp 
Sparrows, a Wood Pewee, King-birds, Red-wings, etc. 
A Wood Thrush was in full song among the oaks just 
behind the cabin at 5 P. M. and two hours later I heard what 
was doubtless the same bird at Bensen's Landing. On this 
second occasion I saw the bird perched on a branch of a 
le,rge oak at least 40 feet above the ground. Every time he 
sang he opened his wings and beat them with a rapid, 
quivering motion, closing them again at the end of each bar. 
He was a fine singer with a strong, clear voice. I have 
never found a Wood Thrush at Ball's Hill before excepting 
during migration. 
There were four or five Veeries singing in the 
immediate neighborhood of Ball's Hill,including the Blake- 
man glen and swamp. 
Two Bitterns were pumping at sunset, one directly 
opposite the cabin, the other in the south cove of Great 
Meadow 
