Concord, Mass.
1895
Oct.9
  Clear and cooler with boisterous W.W. wind
  I spent the forenoon in the Estabrook country searching for   
ladies' slippers of which I dug a number of bulbs. During                     
my walk I visited the beautiful pine woods behind
Punkatassett Hill. I doubt if anywhere in this region
there can be found a richer or more varied growth
of ground pine, pipsissewa, partridge berry etc. than that
which carpets the ground throughout these woods. The
soil & other conditions must be peculiarly favorable here.
[margin]To Estabrook
woods[/margin]
  Small birds were rather numerous considering the
wild, windy weather. I saw one Hermit, a flock
of six Juncos & two single ones besides, a Brown Creeper,
a Field Sparrow, three Robins, and many Jays. In 
the pine woods Chickadees & at least one Golden-crest
were chirping but I did not see any of them.
[margin]Small birds[/margin]
  Oct 10
  Clear & cold but with little wind.
  This has been a glorious autumn day but a severe
cold has prevented me from going far afield. Early in
the afternoon I strolled about the Keye's place. There
were fifteen or twenty Robins in the mountain ash
& in the orchard behind the house a mixed flock
consisting of seven Bluebirds, eight or ten Chipping Sparrows
& a Phoebe. It was delightful to see so many
Bluebirds together after the anxiety which we have
been feeling about then the past season. Apparently 
the few that survived the winter have been very
successful in rearing their broods.
[margin]Mixed flock
with seven
Bluebirds[/margin]
