Concord, Mass.
1910
Nov. 3
[November 3, 1910]

  Cloudy with strong, intensely chilly north-east wind.
Rain, which began early last night, continued falling
steadily through the forenoon.

An unprecedented flight of Herring Gulls.

  About three o'clock this afternoon my attention was
called by one of the men (Pat Flannery) to a great
number of Herring Gulls soaring in circles, in a loose
scattered flock at an immense height (fully half-a mile
I thought) directly over the farm house. Gilbert counted
62 and I 63. Rising higher & higher as we watched
them they drifted off towards the south west until
we could see them no longer. The sight of so many,
laboring in such a manner, is common enough near 
Boston or Cambridge at this season but wholly
without precedent in every experience here. I am
inclined to think that they may have been making
for the great reservoir at Clinton 18 or 20 miles distant
& nearly in the direction they were taking.