Concord, Massachusetts.
1891.
Oct. 30
(No 3)
Concord. - a light charge of dust shot at it and
on picking it up found it to be a remarkably small,
reddish-brown Shrew (Sorex cooperi).
[margin]A day down river with Geo. Buttrick[/margin]
  We saw one Painted Tortoise on a floating board and
I found a rather active Leopard Frog in the meadows
while as twilight fell several small Bats appeared
flying about over the river. As the mercury fell to
19 [degrees] Fahr. yesterday morning I was surprised to
find these creatures still active. There were also
Dragon Flies abroad in considerable numbers and
two species of Butterflies, the Antiopa and the
common yellow field Butterfly. We saw only one
Chipmunk. Skunks are still out judging by
their fresh tracks which we noticed in several places.
[margin]Bats[/margin]
[margin]Dragon Flies[/margin]
[margin]Chipmunks. Skunks.[/margin]
  What bird or mammal carries the chestnut [?]
so far from the trees? I had found many of 
them of late in the middle of open fields and
suspected that Squirrels might have taken them
there but to-day I came upon a particularly
large one in the middle of the Great Meadows
floating in a pool of water. Perhaps the
Crows area at the bottom of this mystery.
  Early this morning I heard a Nuthatch
in the elms in front of the house and also
a flock of Chickadees. The latter are not so
numerous as usual and I seldom see more than
three or four together. Near Ball's Hill I started 
a Winter Wren, the first I have met with
this autumn, from a stone wall in an open
field
[margin]Winter Wren[/margin]