27 August 1855 – 2 September 1855

Saw two green-winged teal, somewhat pigeon-like, on a flat low rock in the Assabet.

First frost in our garden. Passed in boat within fifteen feet of a great bittern, standing perfectly still in the water by the riverside, with the point of its bill directly up, as if it knew that from the color of its throat, etc., it was much less likely to be detected in that position, near weeds.

Small locusts touched by frost, probably of the 31st August; nothing else in the woodland hollows.