Morning drive.
1891
April 16
Mass. 
Cambridge. Watertown. Belmont. Drive around Mt. Auburn,
through Payson Place, and around Fresh Pond, 8.15 to 
9.15 A. M. Weather cloudy and cool. Yesterday chilly 
with N. E. wind and light rain.
  Birds very numerous everywhere. Either the heavy 
flight which arrived the 14th has been since "weather - 
bound" or there has been a second migratory wave.
  The number of Robins has increased at least six-fold 
within the past week. I counted 27 this morning, all 
paired & in orchards & about houses. Probably our local 
birds are now all here. 
  The Song Sparrows have diminished rapidly of late & 
the migrants are doubtless gone by. The Bluebird 
migration has certainly all passed. I heard only one 
male this morning.
  Saw a Phoebe in the field opposite the Cambridge  
Hospital and two others near the Payson Place. In  the 
Cambridge Cemetery a Grass Finch was singing and 
there was a single Song Sparrow chanting in Mt. Auburn. 
A pair of Crows were feeding on the [?] in the old 
on the Winchester Place.  A Chippy, Field Sparrow, 
Tree Sparrow and Song Sparrow singing near the brook 
on the Coolidge Farm, a Purple Finch near the E. Watertown 
station. On the Adams place three Meadow Larks and 
three more on the Payson place. Drove through the 
latter, walking the house & stopping frequently. A 
flock of 8 or 10 Golden crest Kinglets and one Ruby crown 
in a hedge: further on another Ruby crown singing 
deliciously in spruces. Two Juncos, both females, and 
several Song Sparrows in the pear orchard. A 
Hermit Thrush among spruces. Colaptes "shouting" in