1896
Nov. 19
(No.4)
Concord Mass.
was hung last winter. (A piece of beef fat was
placed there this afternoon and on the morning
of the 20th the male Nuthatch was the first bird
that visited it).
  Flickers are staying here late this autumn. I saw
two at North Bridge yesterday. The Canada Nuthatches
appear to be quite as common as they were a
month ago. In fact I find the same birds in
the same places week after week. There are at
least five or six in my woods near Ball's Hill.
  A Deer appeared in the town of Concord on Nov.
13th lost. It swam the river just above Nashawtuck
Bridge coming from the south bank although I
cannot be sure that it was seen before it entered
the water. Many people saw it as it ran up
over the top of Herd's Hill when Mrs. Wm. Wheeler
had a good view of it from her parlor windows.
She tells me that it seemed to have short spike
horns but a man who was at work near her
house & arbor is familiar with Deer asserts positively
that it was a doe. It appeared to be badly frightened
and ran at full speed but there is a general
impression in the town that it was a town Deer
that has escaped from someone in Weston who
is said to have lately brought several of these
animals from [?].  There is also a report
that on this same day (Nov 13) a Deer was
killed by some sportsmen in Belmont, Mass.
[margin]A Deer 
in Concord[/margin]