1892
Sept. 20
(No 2)
Concord, Massachusetts.
Mass.
Concord. occasionally to-day in damp woods.
  In Clark's woods I saw a Gray Squirrel and several Jays.
The former was very tame and barked at very scarcely
twitching his body convulsively very like a Red Squirrel.
  Near the Estabrook road I started three Towhees and an
Olive-backed Thrush besides several Jays & a Thrasher.
All these were in low scrubby maples of two years growth.
  Jays were numerous & noisy everywhere to-day. I
am satisfied that many have already arrived from 
further north. Their calling was almost incessant.
  The Squirrels have already begun eating chestnuts. In
Clark's woods I found on a wood pile a great quantity
of "chaukings" compound of the chestnut burrs chewed
up into small fragments with which were mingled pieces
of the unripe, whitish nuts.
[margin]Blue Jays increase[/margin]
[margin]Squirrels[/margin]
  Autumn is coming on apace. The color is very
fine in many of the swamps and a few maples
are even shedding their leaves. The chestnuts began
turning brown a week or more ago. Now they look
as if fire has scorched their foliage.
[margin]Advance of Autumn[/margin]