Concord, Mass.
1909
March 30
  Another day of bright, warm sunshine and strong,
cold N.W. wind. Sky half filled at times with dark masses
of drifting clouds.
  Noted for first time this spring: - Horned Lark - its call
note heard distinctly near the house. The bird (I heard but one) seemed
to be passing over directly over me but I could not see it.
Arrival
  There was a marked & indeed very considerable increase
in the numbers of Juncos, Fox Sparrows and Red-wings
about the place (I did not go far away from the house) today
but Robins & Song Sparrows continue scarce and there are
fewer Bluebirds than usual.
  There were seven Fox Sparrows at the seed bed under
the dining room windows. They sang freely today for the 
first time. Through the forenoon their glorious voices were
almost constantly in my ears.
  Early in the afternoon I encountered a flock of fully
50 Juncos in our berry pasture. As I walked towards 
the house they flitted on ahead chasing one another through
the trees & bushes with wide-spread tails, showing the white
outer rectrices conspicuously. The males were singing incessantly
using the varied notes common at this season. Thus
I drove the flock quite to the house where they all
crowded about our seed bed for a while, quickly 
exhausting all the food we had placed there.
  Late in the afternoon a flock of 18 male Red-wings
settled in a large oak at the rear of the house & sang there for ten
minutes or more, just as I used to hear them in Cambridge when a boy.