Drive from Peterboro [Peterborough] to Cambridge.
1899.
October 7-10
  Went to Peterboro [Peterborough] by rail on the morning of the 7th. C. joined
me at Ayer. We dined at Tucker's Tavern and in the afternoon
drove to Ben Mere farm where I dug several large sods of Moneses
in the pine woods beyond the brook. Heard Cedar Birds &
Canada Nuthatches in the former in a rum cherry tree by the
roadside, the latter in pine woods. Spent the night at Tucker Tavern.
October 8. 
  The next day we drove to Groton, stopping at West Townsend
for dinner. The weather was cloudy, calm and rather warm.
The most beautiful part of the drive was a stretch of about
three miles between Greenville and West Townsend where the road
passed through old pine woods filled with mountain laurel
which formed a dense undergrowth and fringed both sides
of the roadway with its masses of shining green foliage.
Many of the laurel bushes were six or eight feet tall.
During today's drive we saw at least fifty Bluebirds, 100 Chippies,
6 or 8 Grass Finches, 18 or 20 Yellow-rumps and a few Song Sparrows.
No Hawks or other large birds were noted.
October 10  
  The 9th was rainy and we remained at Groton but the
10th was a clear, calm & very warm day and we drove
through to Cambridge, dining at Lexington where we started
a solitary Meadow Lark in a field near the hotel.
  Between Groton and Lexington we saw about fifty Bluebirds.
  The foliage was brilliant in spots but few trees other
than the maples had attained the heights of their
autumn coloring.
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