Cambridge, Mass.
1900.
March.
(No. 2)
  Birds have been reported in large numbers this month both
from Cambridge and the vicinity. Mr. H. B. Bigelow saw 50 Red-
polls at Cohasset on the 17th and they were also seen in Cam-
bridge on the 8th. A Bluebird was observed at Fresh Pond on 
the 9th and two were seen in Sudbury on the 10th. Four were
noted in Longwood and one was heard in Waverly on the 10th.
The Song Sparrows are here now in great numbers. 13 were seen
at Fresh Pond on the 19th by Mr. G. M. Allen, and Walter Deane
saw and heard them singing continuously on the 25th over a 
large extent of Fresh Pond swamps. On the same day he heard
a Northern Shrike singing in a clump of low willows near Ale-
wife Brook. But few Shrikes have been reported this winter.
Robins have begun to appear in our gardens. One was seen in
Hubbard Park on the 27th and Mr. H. B. Bigelow saw them in Co-
hasset on the 17th. Bronzed Grackles were observed in Cambridge on
the 25th, 27th and 30th, and Rusty Grackles were noted at
Fresh Pond on the 19th. Red-winged Blackbirds were seen in
Waverly on the 10th by Mr. O. A. Lothrop. Canada Nuthatches were
still here on the 30th, one being seen on Reservoir Street.
On the 25th Walter Deane saw by Fresh Pond an American Rough-
legged Hawk harried by five Crows high up overhead. It was a
large bird and showed clearly a white rump.
  Black Ducks have doubtless been in Fresh Pond continuously
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