Concord, Mass.
1901.
Oct 7
(No 2)
as I could make out it was not feeding but merely
trying to get a better view of me without approaching
too closely. It moved its tail almost incessantly, both
sideways and upward, in nearly the some manner
as that of the Maryland Yellow-throat. When I
"screeped" it became greatly excited and began uttering
its sharp, incisive whink evidently scolding or
at me and keeping it up for a long
time. I tried to think of some good comparison for
this with but could not. Indeed to my ear it
is unlike that of any other bird. This is a
late date for the Connecticut Warbler. The bird
was either a female or young male having the throat
plain brownish. The light eye ring was rather
conspicuous. The locality is perfectly dry at all
times - a gently sloping hillside covered with
gray birches. There was a Black-poll Warbler
among those trees but it moved away long before
I lost sight of the Connecticut Warbler and I
do not think that the association of the
two was anything more than a chance one
although they were in the same birch when I
first saw them. It is probable that I started
the Connecticut Warbler from the ground for I
was walking rapidly & making a good deal
of noise just before I caught sight of it.
  To my great surprise the Rusty Blackbirds
which have been roosting at Beaver Dam Lagoon
assembled this evening in the button bushes opposite
Ball's Hill & almost certainly are passing the night there.
I wonder why they have hanged their roosting place.
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