P. M. — To White Pond.
Coldest day for a month or more, — severe as almost any in the winter.
See this afternoon either a snipe or a woodcock; it appears rather small for the last. Pond opening on the northeast.
A flock of hyemalis drifting from a wood over a field incessantly for four or five minutes, — thousands of them, notwithstanding the cold.
The fox-colored sparrow sings sweetly also.
See this afternoon either a snipe or a woodcock; it appears rather small for the last. Pond opening on the northeast.
A flock of hyemalis drifting from a wood over a field incessantly for four or five minutes, — thousands of them, notwithstanding the cold.
The fox-colored sparrow sings sweetly also.
See a small slate-colored hawk, with wings transversely mottled beneath, — probably the sharp-shinned hawk.
Got first proof of "Walden."
H. D. Thoreau, Journal, March 28, 1854
A flock of hyemalis — thousands of them, notwithstanding the cold. See March 28, 1853 ("The woods ring with the cheerful jingle of the F. hyemalis. This is a very trig and compact little bird, and appears to be in good condition. The straight edge of slate on their breasts contrasts remarkably with the white from beneath ; the short, light-colored bill is also very conspicuous amid the dark slate ; and when they fly from you, the two white feathers in their tails are very distinct at a good distance. They are very lively, pursuing each other from bush to bush.").See also note to March 14, 1858 ("I see a Fringilla hyemalis, the first bird, perchance, — unless one hawk, – which is an evidence of spring, though they lingered with us the past unusual winter, at least till the 19th of January. They are now getting back earlier than our permanent summer residents. It flits past with a rattling or grating chip, showing its two white tail-feathers.”) See also A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau, The Dark-eyed Junco
The fox-colored sparrow sings sweetly. See March 28, 1853 (“Could that be the fox-colored sparrow I saw this morning, — that reddish-brown sparrow?”); March 29, 1858 (“The latter are singing very loud and sweetly. Somewhat like ar, tea, – twe’-twe, twe’-twe, or arte, ter twe’-twe, twe’-twe, variously. They are quite tame”) See also A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau, the Fox-colored Sparrow.
Probably the sharp-shinned hawk. See May 4, 1855 (“Flapping briskly at intervals and then gliding straight ahead with rapidity, controlling itself with its tail. . . .Was it not the sharp-shinned, or Falco fuscus? I think that what I have called the sparrow hawk falsely, and latterly pigeon hawk, is also the sharp-shinned .”) See also A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau, the sharp-shinned hawk.
Got first proof of "Walden." See August 9, 1854 (""Walden" published.")
Got first proof of "Walden."
H. D. Thoreau, Journal, March 28, 1854
A flock of hyemalis — thousands of them, notwithstanding the cold. See March 28, 1853 ("The woods ring with the cheerful jingle of the F. hyemalis. This is a very trig and compact little bird, and appears to be in good condition. The straight edge of slate on their breasts contrasts remarkably with the white from beneath ; the short, light-colored bill is also very conspicuous amid the dark slate ; and when they fly from you, the two white feathers in their tails are very distinct at a good distance. They are very lively, pursuing each other from bush to bush.").See also note to March 14, 1858 ("I see a Fringilla hyemalis, the first bird, perchance, — unless one hawk, – which is an evidence of spring, though they lingered with us the past unusual winter, at least till the 19th of January. They are now getting back earlier than our permanent summer residents. It flits past with a rattling or grating chip, showing its two white tail-feathers.”) See also A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau, The Dark-eyed Junco
The fox-colored sparrow sings sweetly. See March 28, 1853 (“Could that be the fox-colored sparrow I saw this morning, — that reddish-brown sparrow?”); March 29, 1858 (“The latter are singing very loud and sweetly. Somewhat like ar, tea, – twe’-twe, twe’-twe, or arte, ter twe’-twe, twe’-twe, variously. They are quite tame”) See also A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau, the Fox-colored Sparrow.
Probably the sharp-shinned hawk. See May 4, 1855 (“Flapping briskly at intervals and then gliding straight ahead with rapidity, controlling itself with its tail. . . .Was it not the sharp-shinned, or Falco fuscus? I think that what I have called the sparrow hawk falsely, and latterly pigeon hawk, is also the sharp-shinned .”) See also A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau, the sharp-shinned hawk.
Got first proof of "Walden." See August 9, 1854 (""Walden" published.")
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