Concord, Mass.
1901.
Oct. 11
(No 2)
  Gilbert saw three Flickers in the orchard and I a Robin.
  At about 11 a.m. I heard a Solitary Vireo in full song
apparently in an apple orchard not far from Mr. Lawrence's
farm. Early in the afternoon a Quail gave the "scatter call"
a few times somewhere in the distance to the west ward
of the house.
  Squirrels of all three species simply swarmed in the 
hickory grove. It was by no means unusual to see four
or five at once. The Chipmunks outnumbered the
other two kinds and the Red Squirrels were somewhat
more numerous than the Grays. I watched a Chipmunk
gathering hickory nuts & taking them to his underground
store house. He could carry only two at a time, one 
in each cheek pouch. Before depositing them there
he first removed the four segments of the outer husk
by four skillfully directed bites and then carefully
ground off the sharp spine from from each end of the nut.
The Chipmunks have already taken possession of a
new piece of stone wall which was laid out only yesterday!
  The sun had set when I reached Birch Island
and embarked in my canoe. As I entered the
open oak woods on my way to the island from Green
Field I heard the Jays making a great outcry, and
when I moved near the spot a large bird which I
took to be an Owl started from a tree some distance
in advance and flew off in the direction of the river.
  On the way up river I heard two Rails which
I took to be Carolinas (although their calls were somewhat
peculiar) and saw a flock of nine Black Ducks
flying high at first but afterwards descending & circling low
over Great Meadow where I think they finally alighted.
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