Concord, Mass.
1911.
March 23
[March 23, 1911]

  Clear and cold with strong, harsh north west wind. Ther [thermometer] 22 [degrees] min. [minimum]

Great numbers of birds
Fox Sparrows, Juncos, Robins etc.

  Despite the high, cold wind that raged about the old
farm house all day we saw a really extraordinary number of
birds there. Among those were 12 Fox Sparrows 4 Juncos & 1
Song Sparrow collected at the seed bed and 13 Robins in a tree
in the door yard. The [male] Downy the [male] Nuthatch & 3 Chickadees
came to the suet. The Fox Sparrows sang gloriously at times.

Great mixed flock of Crow Blackbirds & Red-wings

  About 1 P.M. I heard a sudden uproar of Blackbird 
voices. Hurrying to the nearest window I saw an enormous
flock of Crow Blackbirds and Red-wings in the tops of the two
tall elms just to the west of the house. They were very
evenly distributed throughout both trees looking exactly 
like large, sable fruit clinging to almost every small branch
and twig. Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] & I counted them several times
making the total numbers about 170! About
two-thirds were Crow Blackbirds and one-third Red-wings.