1893
Jan'y 29
(No 2)
Cambridge
seen on the 22nd were certainly absent this
morning.
  There were more Tree Sparrows in a field
near Gray's Pond feeding on the seeds of some
weeds that projected above the snow. Something
startled them and they flew up into an apple
tree. When they returned to the weeds, one after
another, I counted thirteen birds.
[margin]Tree Sparrows[/margin]
  I was right in referring the tracks seen
in Gray's Woods last Sunday to the Red Squirrel
for we saw two of these animals there to-day, one
chasing the other up and down and around
and around the trunk of a large oak. One
or both uttered a continuous low whining which
was occasionally interrupted by the explosion chuckle.
One of the pair seen in the hemlocks wound his
clock. I do not often hear the latter sound in
winter. A mild day like this is sure to bring
the Squirrels out. Both Red and Gray really go
through a partial hibernation. A Red Squirrel
which is living in the linden in front of my
window never shows himself when the
thermometer is much below 20[degrees]. He has kept
in his hole this winter for more than
a week at a time.