Concord, Massachusetts
1894
Oct 11 to
Nov.21
(No 5)
Resume of Field Observations
  Birds. Owing, doubtless, to the uniformly [delete]still[/delete] warm clear
weather which prevailed through October there were no
very marked or considerable flights of small birds during
these months. Included with the exception of Titlarks the
smaller October migrants have been scarce this season.
There was a heavy flight of Tree Sparrows about the
middle of November (12th-15th).
  Hermit Thrushes have been exceptionally scarce. There was
a solitary bird at Ball's Hill on the 12th, 15th, 17th of
November. On the first of these dates where the ground
was covered with snow to the depth of five or six inches
I saw this bird, a little after sunset, eating black older
berries in a swamp.
  Robins have frequented the river banks in small flocks
through the latter half of October to feed upon the berries
and I found a single bird there on the 24th November.
On Nov. 4th I saw several flocks of Robins in the cedar
postures along the Estabrook road. Apparently only a
few stragglers remained in the region about Concord
After Nov. 15th.
  During the whole of my stay at the Keyes's a White-bellied
Nuthatch frequented the orchard behind the house and
every pleasant morning I would hear his grunting call
soon after daybreak. I saw two or three of these birds
elsewhere, one at Davis's Hill, one on Holden's Hill,
and one on the Goose Pond woods. It would be
interesting to know if these individuals were
Concord-bred or migrated from further north. The
bird at Goose Pond was seen Nov. 18 and 21st
in the same place.