1902
March 16
  Cloudy most of the day with strong S.W. winds 
in the afternoon.
  Went to Ball's Hill in the forenoon walking down
through the woods. Saw or heard very many birds.
A Shrike perched on an oak near the spring was
singing steadily in the usual Thrasher-like strain.
Red-wings were scattered everywhere over the flooded
meadows perched on the trees and bushes uttering 
their okalies. Rusty Blackbirds were flying back &
forth rather high in air as is their wont. There
were few Song Sparrows near the river and I 
saw no waterfowl of any kind but the eye could
not range far over the water because of a light
fog or dense mist. There was no wind until
later in the day and the birds sang almost as
freely at noon as at sunrise. Blue Jays were
numerous and noisy. I saw a flock of 20 Robins
in Bensen's orchard, no doubt the same birds which
Gilbert noted there yesterday. There was a Hairy
Woodpecker with them.
  The rush of migrating song sparrows has either passed
by or not arrived as yet. They were not numerous
anywhere today. I saw two Juncos in one place &
three in another. Bluebirds were singing everywhere.
There were two warbling near the farmhouse when I
left it this morning & the same two, apparently,
were trying to outdo one another when I returned
at noon. One of them was accompanied by its 
mate.
  I started four Partridges on the farm and four
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