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Concord, Mass.
1898.
November 12
  Clear with light W. wind. Early morning cold the
ground freezing hard and the river meadows covered with
thin ice. Middle of day soft & warm. Evening frosty again.
  Spent the entire day at the Barrett farm walking
their from the cabin in the early morning and
returning after sunset. During the morning walk
I saw nothing but two or three Fox Sparrows and
a few Chickadees but I heard some Goldfinches
calling.
  About the Barrett house I saw a solitary Kinglet
and, later in the afternoon, two flocks of
Bronzed Grackles flying S.W. Without doubt they
were a part of the flight that I witnessed at
the same place [delete]at[/delete] the same hour on the 9th
but on the present occasion they were moving
at a moderate height - certainly not over 300 ft.
above the ground. I am now convinced that
there must be a roost not far off to which
they go every evening. The course which they
take is almost exactly n the direction of
Punkatasset Hill.
[margin]Bronzed
Grackles[/margin]
  I saw five Partridges on my walk homeward
at evening, two in the Barrett woods, then among
the shabby pines behind Ball's Hill. Pat saw
two others across the river this morning.
Gilbert saw a Whistler & a Carolina Grebe in
the river in front of the cabin at about noon.