1892
Oct 6
(No 3)
Concord, Massachusetts.
Mass.
Concord.- swept close over the water of Fairhaven
while I was standing on the cliff his back looked
as blue almost as that of an old male Marsh Hawk.
We saw an unusually fine Marsh Hawk, by the
way, beating a small meadow near the river. He
looked nearly as white as a Gull and, as on
former occasions this autumn, reminded me
forcibly of a Gull by his flight.
  Wright showed me some Baldwin apples which
had been attacked by Crows he said. Each apple
had a hole an inch or more in diameter pecked
in the side to the core. In many cases the
hole extended through to the other side. The
core with its seeds seemed to have been removed
in every instance. W.[Wright] thought that more than
half the apples on one tree had been thus
treated. He has seen a large number of Crows
in the tree for several days lately. He has
never known nor heard of Crows attacking
apples before. These are still green or at
least hard & unripe.
[margin]Crows
pecking
apples.[/margin]
  I saw one flock of 29 Crows this morning flying
S. W. low down & probably migrating. The number
of scattered birds was about as usual.
  Either the bulk of the Blue Jays have passed
or they have become silent & retiring of late. I
see or hear about as many now as I should in
the breeding season.
  A single Black Duck in Fairhaven swimming near
the E. shore was the only water bird noted to-day.