1891.
Oct. 26
(No 3)
Concord, Massachusetts.
Concord & Carlisle. - visit it now and I failed to
find even a sign of their recent presence there.
In fact I started nothing but a very wild
Partridge and a large Owl which I think was
a Bubo, the latter was sitting in the tops of
a small leafless elm near the spring and
allowed me to get within good gunshot but
I did not see it until it flew when it
took care to place a dense oak between me
and its line of flight.
[margin]Woodcock shooting[/margin]
[margin]Great Horned Owl[/margin]
  There were more Chipmunks in these woods
than I have seen elsewhere (they are scarcer
this season) and they and the Jays were 
holding high carnival among and under the 
numerous nut trees. The air at sunset was so
still that the slightest rustle among the
leaves was positively startling at times. It 
was a delightfully calm, peaceful sunset but I
had little time [deleted]for[/deleted] to linger[deleted]ing[/deleted] [deleted]to[/deleted and enjoy it..
On reaching the wagon I found that only a
moment before my arrival a Fox had crossed
the road within 10 yards of the horse. George
said that it trotted slowly post him and
stopped once to look at him.
[margin]Chipmunks[/margin]
   The country to-day was simply swarming
with Tree Sparrows and Juncos. Of the former
I saw at least 300 or 400. They were everywhere,
in swamps, woods fields and bushes by the 
roadside. I heard one Towhee & saw another.
Robins less numerous than on the 25th and
only one Bluebird seen.
[margin]Heavy flight of Tree Sparrows & Juncos[/margin]
[margin]Lat. Towhees[/margin]