Jun e 24, 1900 - Sunday . 
This morning I got up at 3:00 A.H. and went 
down in the fields. 
In Fiske’s pasture a song sparrow sang twice. 
There were 2 whippoor-wills on the hill. They 
sang in concert. 
It was just "beginning to grov; a little ligh'.er 
in the east. In the farther part of Maine’s 
v/Oods a wood pewee whistled once. 
In the fields 1 heard a kingbird. The grass 
was wet and the only sound was the falling of 
the dew from the trees and the splash of mink 
and muskrat or a loud rustle as a woodchuck came 
down to drink. Towards town a robin gave its 
callnote and a mourning dove cooed. 
Then the vesper sparrows began and mixed with 
their notes came the flight song of the prarie 
horned lark. 
There were 2 whippoorwills on the hill, 1 in 
H ackett’s grove and 1 over by G. Hackett’s, 
singing at once. 
A catbird sang a little and another answered 
it. They sang in turn. 
Across the river I heard an Indigo bunting. 
From the south came the notes of a wood thrush. 
Then several chipping sparrows began.Their.trills 
were hardly noticeable among the volumes of music 
on everyside. Next came the field sparrows song 
from the hill and a barn swallow flew over 
twittering. 
The whippoorwills went to the west side of 
the hill as it was quite light and the east was 
tinged with red. 
Went into the farther side of the woods and 
beard the Maryland yellowthroat. 
There were a number of bats around, several 
drank like swallows. 
It was curious to see the mist rolling down 
the river. Went over to Neeley’s marsh and 
heard a red-winged blackbird call. 
The yellow throats were very thick here. They 
gave the tsickory song. The song began low 
