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Cambridge Massachusetts.
1897
March 22
  Calm and warm with thin clouds veiling the sky.
  Drove around Mt. Auburn, through school St. to the Payson place
and back by way of the road around Fresh Pond and the
Turnpike, starting at 9 am. The country was alive with
early spring birds a heavy flight having evidently arrived during
the night. Saw or heard about twenty Robins, thirty of forty
Song Sparrows, a Junco, a Tree Sparrow, eight or ten Flickers (all
"shouting"), four Meadow Larks (one just beyond Fraser's old place,
one on the Adams place, one on Hittingers meadow, and one
on the filled flat between Fresh Pond and Glacialis, all in full
song) a flock of about fifty Red-wings (also single birds about
Glacialis & one singing in Smith's swamp Fayerweather St.),
two Bluebirds, a Shrike, a Brown Creeper, and numerous Crows.
  There were apparently no Robins in Cambridge this morning
but early in the afternoon one appeared in our garden
and just before sunset they were scattered about
everywhere between our place and Elmwood sitting in
the tops of the trees, calling. There were three together in
one of the big oaks just below the reservoir on Highland St.
and as I stood watching them one began to sing, at
first in low subdued tones three bursting out into full
song and keeping it up for several minutes. This
delightful serenade was finally interrupted by a small boy
who threw a stone at the bird and drove him away.