Concord, Mass.
1902.
Oct. 10
  Brilliantly clear with fresh N.W. in early morning
falling to dead calm in early afternoon. A light frost last
night & probability of a heavy one to-night.
  A Black Duck was again quawking loudly near the
cabin this morning at daybreak. About 8 A.M. I heard
Greater Yellow-legs giving the ordinary flight call and also
the rolling whistle which they utter when about to alight.
Presently I saw the birds descending from a considerable
height directly opposite the cabin. They flew off in the
direction of Pad Island & I think alighted in Holden's
Meadow,
Black Duck
Greater Yellow-legs.
  Small birds were apparently not about in any
numbers. I saw a few Yellow-rumps, one or two flocks 
of Chickadees, two Kinglets, a Song Sparrow, a young
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker (in the apple orchard at the farm), Sapsucker,
two Downies & one Hairy, a Flicker, six or seven Blue Jays,
two Titlarks (flying over Green Field), a flock of eight or ten
Bluebirds (chasing one another & romping with Yellow-rumps
in the big elms at the farm) a few Rusty Blackbirds, &
four Partridges.
Small birds.
Sapsucker.
Titlarks
  Just before sunset a cock Partridge was drumming at
short regular intervals at the foot of the run at the farm.
The evening was calm but the air was so frosty that
it made my fingers ache. It is unusual for a Partridge 
to drum at this season under such conditions for
in late autumn he usually performs only when the 
weather is especially warm.
Partridge drumming.
  Gray Squirrels, Red Squirrels & Chipmunks swarm at
the farm this autumn although the Chipmunks are perhaps
less numerous than they were last year. Nuts & acorns are scarce.
Squirrels.
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