That same nighthawk-like sound over a meadow

April 19. 

Haverhill. — Willow and bass strip freely.

Surveying Charles White's long piece. 

Hear again that same nighthawk-like sound over a meadow at evening.

H. D. Thoreau, Journal, April 19, 1853

Willow and bass strip freely. See note to  April 19, 1855 ("Some golden willows will now just peel fairly.")

That same nighthawk-like sound.  See April 1, 1853  ("Hear what I should not hesitate to call the squeak of the nighthawk , - only Wilson makes them arrive early in May , — also over the meadow . Can it be the snipe ? It is a little fainter than the nighthawk. . . It may be the squeak of the snipe mentioned by Nuttall . Maybe woodcock. . . Now , at early starlight , I hear the snipe's hovering note as he circles over Nawshawtuct Meadow. Only once did I seem to see him; occasionally his squeak. He is now heard near, now farther, but is sure to circle round again. It sounds very much like a winnowing - machine increasing rapidly in intensity for a few seconds"). See also note to  May 17, 1853 ("I hear the first unquestionable nighthawk squeak and see him circling far") and A Book of Seasons, by Henry Thoreau, the Nighthawk