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Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1897.
Dec. 13
  Cloudy & warm with almost no wind.
  To Fresh Pond this morning at about the
usual time. There were eight Black Ducks and twelve
Herring Gulls floating on the water off the point of
the Grove.
" [Dec] 14
  Cloudy, with strong, chilly N.E. wind.
  Visited the Pond at 8.30 A.M. Counted eighty-four
Herring Gulls and six Black Ducks sitting on the water
off the point of the Grove. As I was leaving a large
flock of Gulls arrived and I could see others coming
in the distance.
" [Dec] 17
  Clear and cold with N.W. wind.
  The only water-fowl in Fresh Pond this morning
were six Herring Gulls.
" [Dec] 18
  Clear and cold with strong N.W. wind.
  Visited the Pond this morning but found only
two Gulls there. The Ducks seem to have ceased coming
altogether although the water is a free from ice as it
was in October.
  (This was my last visit this month. The 19th was
very cold and the weather after this cold or stormy
most of the time. I saw no Gulls flying over our
place after the 18th.)