Concord, Mass.
Ball's Hill
1900.
October 9
  The rain storm which began at about seven o'clock last
evening continued through the night and the whole of to-day
gradually increasing in violence with (to-day) a strong N.E. wind.
  As I spent most of the day in or near the
cabin my opportunity for observing birds was limited.
In the forenoon two adult Herring Gulls appeared over the
river and flew back & forth low down many times evidently
scanning the water closely in search of food. The Kingfisher
was also present again. We heard Greater Yellow-legs whistling
at intervals and I saw two descend from a great height
& alight in the meadows. There was also a Bittern (the first
I have seen this autumn) flying from place to place.
Late in the afternoon several shots were fired near the
middle of the Great Meadows.
Herring Gulls
Kingfisher
Win. Yellow legs
Bittern.
  The woods seemed nearly barren of bird life. I saw two
Black-poll warblers and heard a Golden crested Kinglet
while a Chickadee came down to feed on the suet in front
of our door, the first time this has happened since we
arrived. Just before dark I started a Partridge in the
dense, briary thickets at the east end of Ball's Hill.
I do not see them as frequently as usual this autumn in
the neighborhood of the cabin and they seem to have wholly 
neglected the frost grape vine which they visited so freely
last year although it is crowded with fruit this season.
Small birds
Partridge
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