1892
Nov. 14
(No 2)
Concord, Massachusetts.
Mass.
Concord. The Meadow Larks were accompanied by
two Red-Winged Blackbirds, a male & a female,
the male in the rusty autumn plumage but
with conspicuous, although rather pale & yellowish,
epaulets. These Blackbirds fed on the green turf
with the Larks but they were very shy & restless
frequently rising and flying off to the nearest
tree top then returning again. They kept with
the Larks when the latter moved to the next
field.
[margin]Red Wings[margin]
  As we passed these fields on our way back at
noon a flock of fully fifty town Pigeons rose from
one of them and began circling low over the spot.
Suddenly a female Marsh Hawk appeared directly
in front of them and actually passed directly
through the middle of the flock skimming
along in the usual easy, listless way on set wings
not making the least attempt to molest the
Pigeons nor causing them any perceptible alarm.
After it had crossed the road the Pigeons again
wheeled directly in its path and again it
glided through their diverse ranks and for an
instant was lost to sight amid the dusky
crowd.
[margin]Marsh Hawk & Pigeons[/margin]
  I was somewhat surprised to meet a large flock
of Juncos &[and] Tree Sparrows in the very heart of
the oak woods near Goose Pond half a mile
or more from my field. They flitted restlessly
& rather quickly from tree to tree alighting often
on the ground.
[margin]Juncos &Tree Sparrows in oak woods.[/margin]