Concord, Massachusetts
1894
Oct 11 to
Nov. 21
(No 6)
Resume of Field Observations
Titlarks were exceptionally numerous during October and
on November 3rd I saw at least seventy-five. After
this only a few stragglers were observed, the last Nov. 13
when I found two birds running about over the snow
(four or five inches deep) on the river bank.
[margin]Anthus
pensilvanicus[/margin]
  During the day the Titlarks scatter widely a few
feeding on the river marshes but by far the greater
number resorting to extensive upland fields especially
such as have been freshly ploughed. At evening ( a
little before sunset) they begin coming to the marshes
from every direction and often in great numbers.
When the weather is clear and still their piping
notes are heard incessantly for half an hour or
more after sunset and straggling flocks of the
birds are constantly passing overhead. At Ball's Hill
they all seem to come from the east and north. A
great many alight & sped the right in the
Great Meadow but many others pass on up
river to Dugan Brook meadow & beyond. They
seldom or never alight in the smaller meadows
along this river but they often pitch down on narrow
felts of muddy or oozy ground on the river bank where
they run about, feed and bathe before continuing
the flight to the roosting ground.
  Through October the Song and Swamp Sparrows were
among the most numerous and characteristic
of the birds which frequented the river banks but
early in November these places were taken by
the Tree Sparrows which, for a week or more, 