1893
March 21
Cambridge, Mass.
  Warmer (ther. 38[degrees] at 9.30 A.M) and cloudy with a
strong, damp, penetrating S.W. wind; altogether a
cheerless morning of a type peculiar to early spring but
nevertheless a good day for birds to migrate - such a 
day as Geese and Blackbirds often choose for a northward
flight. 
  I saw neither Geese nor Blackbirds, nor indeed
much of anything else during a walk of an hour
(8.15 to 9.15) up Fresh Pond Lane to the Hemlock Grove
and back by way of the fields to the Lowell place.
  There was a single, silent Colaptes in an orchard
near the grove, a single Junco (not the brown bird that
has passed the winter there but a black headed male) in a
stubble behind the Barn, and about twenty Crows in 
the hemlocks. Actually I did not see nor hear a single
Bluebird, Song Sparrow or Blackbird although for several
days past the first two have been swarming in the
country beyond Belmont &[and] the Newtons. [deleted]The flight of[/deleted]
All three birds must be avoiding [deleted]have passed quite outside[/deleted] the
[deleted]region[/deleted] Sparrow infested region which my morning walks
cover. The flight of Bluebirds seems to be exceptionally
heavy this year. Mr White counted 42 in one flock 
at Rock Meadow on the 18th. 
[margin]Bluebirds,
Song Sparrows
etc. avoiding
the fields
& orchards
near Mt. Auburn[/margin]
  On reaching the Lowell place I heard a Red Crossbill
piping in the white pines but I could not find
him although I went in and scanned the tree tops
carefully with my glass.
[margin]Red Crossbill[/margin]