Concord, Mass
1901
Oct 10
  Clear & uncomfortably warm with light S W wind.
  I spent yesterday at Cambridge & returned to
Ball's Hill this morning to find the maples along
the edged of the river & meadows and in the swamps
ablaze with the most brilliant crimson, scarlet and
golden tints. Rarely have I seen anything to equal
it. The change began less than a week ago and
must have reached its climax this morning. The
tupelo trees have been brilliantly-colored for rather more
than a week and their leaves have neither faded
nor began to fall much as yet. It is unusual
for them to last until the red maples leaves are
fully colored. 
  I spent the day at the farm where I noted
nothing of any particular interest. There were two
Towhees near the barn. On the way back I started
about forty Juncos from Bensen's asparagus bed
and at least sixty Chippies from a weedy field
near Pine Park. White-throated Sparrows have been
very numerous the past three of four days. I
heard one singing feebly this morning.
  A "Dipper" (Pied billed Greebe) has been spending the
past week in the river opposite the cabins. In the
early morning when everything is quiet he shows
himself freely in mid stream looking at times as
large as a Black Duck but during the middle part of
the day we seldom see him.
  The Rusty Blackbirds divided this evening, a large
number going to roost opposite Ball's Hill while a good
many settled among the bushes at Beaver Dam Lagoon.
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