More nests.

June 25.

Under E. Wood’s barn, a phoebe’s nest, with two birds ready to fly; also barn swallow’s nest lined with feathers, hemisphere or cone against side of sleeper; five eggs, delicate, as well as white-bellied swallow’s.

H. D. Thoreau, Journal, June 25, 1855

A phoebe’s nest, with two birds ready to fly. See June 20, 1856 ("Five young phoebes in a nest . . .just ready to fly.

July 25. See A Book of the Seasons,, by Henry Thoreau, June 25

A Book of the Seasons,by Henry Thoreau

"A book, each page written in its own season,

out-of-doors, in its own locality.”

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