54
Concord, Mass.
1913
Aug. 26
to 
Nov. 13.
(No 5)

1. Turdus fuscescens. - Two heard calling in our berry pasture on the
evening of September 2 [September 2, 1913] were the only ones noted.

2. Turdus a. bicknelli. - A very small bird, tame & closely approached among cedars
and birches bordering the wood road near our peach orchard on
September 24 [September 24, 1913].

3. Turdus swainsoni. - Noted on September 4 [September 4, 1913], 5 [September 5, 1913], 11 [September 11, 1913], 12 [September 12, 1913], 14 [September 14, 1913], 16 [September 16, 1913], 23 [September 23, 1913], 24 [September 24, 1913], 28 [September 28, 1913], 29 [September 29, 1913]
and finally on October 1 [October 1, 1913], mostly in woods or thickets
bordering our cultivated land at the Farm. As a rule they
were met with singly & no more than one or two encountered
in any one day but on September 24 [September 24, 1913], during a walk to
Ball's Hill I identified no less than six & had glympses [glimpses]
of several others which looked like Olive-backs [Olive-backed Thrush]. One or
two were seen in the apple orchard & one visited a cluster of
lilacs close to the house. At evening I frequently heard 
them calling peenk or chur-r-r as twilight was falling.
Their flight calls were also heard at night, sometimes at
brief intervals. There was an especially heavy flight, thus
evidenced, on the night of the 23rd [September 23, 1913].

4. Turdus pallasii. The extreme scarcity of migrating Hermits which has prevailed
for several seasons past continued through this autumn although
I noted the birds oftener than last year at the same seasons,
hearing one clucking in our berry pasture on the evening of
October 4 [October 4, 1913], another there at the same hour on the 22nd [October 22, 1913] & seeing
one in our lane on November 1 [November 1, 1913] & another in Birch Field on
the 3rd [November 3, 1913].

5. Merula migratoria. - Present continuously but in less than normal numbers
Feeding on grapes in September, on barberries & cedar berries later
mostly in small flocks. 32 seen together on Sept. 18 [September 18, 1913] and 38 on Nov. 13 [November 13, 1913].