Concord, Mass.
1909.
March 31
(No 2)  
  The large flock of Robins noted on the 28th must
have passed on northward for the birds have been
even scarcer since then than they were before. I saw
only one to-day but one (perhaps the same) was singing
near the house at sunrise. It is evident that our 
local birds have not yet come in any numbers.
Robins.
  Most of the Redpolls seem to have left us. I had
not noted any for several days previous to this when
I saw but one - a handsome rosy-breasted male
feeding on the ground under gray birches at Ball's Hill.
Solitary Redpoll.
  The singing of birds about the house when I
awoke just before sunrise this morning was truly
delightful. There has, indeed, been nothing to equal
it before this spring. Within the space of a few
minutes I heard Bluebirds, a Robin, two or three Song
Sparrows, a Flicker and numerous Fox Sparrows and
Juncos. What I took to be a Downy was drumming in
one of the elms. There were Chickadees, also, giving
their clear Phoebe calls in several directions and
Jays screaming and Crows cawing along the borders
of the woods. The Fox Sparrows sang at intervals
through the entire day, as did the Juncos & Song
Sparrows, also.
Early morning singing
  I found about a dozen J. alba Butterflies in
the loft over the wood shed, fluttering against the
closed windows, and let them all out into the sunshine
where they flew about our door yard with evident
enjoyment. One I found in a bird box hung up in the shed.
Butterflies