Concord, Mass.
1901.
Oct. 7
  Brilliantly clear with but little wind. A hard frost
last night but deliciously warm through the middle of the day.
  Spent the day at the farm walking up in the
early morning and back just before sunset.
  There had evidently been a considerable influx of migrants
from the north during the night. At breakfast time a
dozen or more White-throated Sparrows, several Black-poll
& Yellow Rump Warblers, and a Ruby-crowned Kinglet
flitted past the cabin. From Bensen's asparagus
bed I started a perfect cloud of Juncos - not less
than fifty rising in quick succession and flying into
the tops of some tall leafy oaks. In Birch Field I
came upon two Yellow Red Poll Warbler feeding in
company with Black-polls, Yellow Rumps & several
Juncos on the surrey edge of a thicket of grape bushes.
 The farm was simply alive with small birds.
In the trees or bushes close about the house & farm
I saw two Brown Creepers, a Nuthatch, a Cat-bird, a
Towhee, a Song Sparrow, two Phoebes, two Robins and
a young Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus). In the lower orchard
were seven Flickers flying from tree to tree. Two
Partridges were drumming at short regular interval in
the sun. I started a third among grape vines along a wall.
In the woods just behind the farm I found a 
Connecticut Warbler, the first I have ever seen on the farm.
It suddenly appeared in a birch within ten yards of me &
was very tame & evidently not a little inquisitive respecting me.
I had it in plain view for at least ten minutes. During
all this time it was hopping or flitting about among the twigs
almost as actively & restlessly as a Dendroica. So far
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