Concord, Mass.
1911.
March 7
[March 7, 1911]
(No 2.)

stride of the Pheasant was much the larger of the
two. The Partridge sometimes makes long strides when
startled & running but when walking it is very short - gaited.
Some of the trails I saw to-day had the foot prints
almost touching one another for yards [diagram] and always
in straight lines ie one exactly in front of another.
  The only other birds I noted were four Crows perched
in a poplar and two pairs of Chickadees, widely separated.

Aspect of country

  The country looks rather winterish here. In the
fields about one-half of the surface of the ground
is bare or nearly so. In sunny banks and along
open, traveled roads, the earth is wholly bare. In
the woods the snow lies everywhere to a depth
or four or five inches.

Robins about all winter

  David James tells me that Robins have been
about the farm most of the winter. Late in
December and early in January they were
abundant, in large flocks. He saw few late in
the latter months and still fewer in February. 
On March 5 he met with a flock of about 25
near the Harry Swift farm, a mile to the north 
of here.

No Deer.

  Jame has seen no Deer, nor any of their
tracks, all winter long.

Skunk trail

  I saw a Skunk trail in the orchard and a 
Fox trail in Pulpit Rock woods. No Rabbit
tracks anywhere.