Cambridge, Mass.
1911.
Jan'y 6
[January 6, 1911]
(No 2)

Robins in the Garden

few yards of twenty or more that were eating berries
in a hawthorn tree. Nearly all (at least 90 %) of these
were dull-colored birds and I saw only a few fine
old red-breasted males elsewhere in the Garden.
It took them only half-an-hour to eat up practically
all the fruit of the hawthorns, the Parkman's apple
and the barberry bushes, after which they departed,
as suddenly as they had appeared, apparently, although
I did not happen to actually see them go.
During most of the time I had them under
observation they were nearly or quite silent but
one of the adult males in the hawthorn sang
repeatedly in subdued tones with every now and
then a single clear, loud note. I cannot remember
ever seeing so many Robins before in the Garden at this
season. Certainly it has not happened within recent years.