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Concord, Mass.
Nov. 19
(No 2)
  In Prescott's pines I found a large flock
of Chickadees accompanied by three Kinglets
feeding in some gray birches when a flock of
five Goldfinches presently joined them. One
of the Kinglets straying into a thicket of young
pines near at hand began an excited zee-zee-ing
which was at once taken up by the other
two and a moment later all the Chickadees joined
in. The clamor was so great that I felt sure
they had found an Owl but on entering the
thicket I could discover no signs of one &
the little birds all became quiet & quickly
went off. During the height of the tumult the
Kinglets acted as if crazy with excitement
dancing about with quivering wings & showing
their beautiful crown patterns conspicuously.
  At about three P.M. as I was standing in
an opening waiting for Gilbert & Bensen to join me
I heard the distant honk of a Goose  -  just a
single call falling faint but distinct from
the snow-blurred sky. A second or two later
I made out the flock very high in air and
far off to the northward, in fact just appearing
above the tops of the trees. They passed nearly
over me flying in the conventional narrow or V
shaped order and steering, as they nearly always
do here, about south west. I watched them
as long as I could keep them in sight but
they favoured me with only one more
honk. 