Cambridge, Mass.
1910.
March
19 [March 19, 1910]
(No 2)
  Not long after the preceding journal entry was
made and about 5 P.M. the Shrike began another
outburst of song in the Garden, keeping it up for
nearly half-an-hour. Either his voice was louder
now than before or it sounded so because the air was
stiller & less disturbed by the noises of city traffic. It
seemed to fill the entire neighborhood being, indeed,
almost, if not quite, as dominant and conspicuous as
the voice of a Robin in full song. Never before have
I heard a Northern Shrike sing anything like so loudly
continuously and melodiously.
Song of
Northern
Shrike at
evening
  Speaking of Robins I wonder where they are!
A heavy flight was reported from country districts (such
as Arlington, Deadham [Dedham] etc.) early in the month but
no birds have invaded our city as yet. Yet conditions have
been apparently right for them to appear for a week or more past.
Robins
late