Concord, Mass.
1911.
Oct. 20
[October 20, 1911]

Autumn coloring.

  The autumn coloring has been exceptionally fine this year
but its glory is now past or nearly so. The maple foliage was
shed a week or more ago; that of the oaks has faded although
most of the leaves still cling to the trees. The herbaceous
vegetation bordering the river has been seared & blackened by
frost, but the river meadows were alternative hues of russet
& browns and the upland field contains vivid green.

Birds roost in pine plantation
Juncos roosting in pines

  For several years past the numerous dark-foliaged
bushy young white pines that I planted in Pine Park
about 1897 have furnished a congenial roosting place
for birds of several kinds especially Blue Jays, Robins
Sparrows, Chickadees and Patridges. Last evening & this
they were alive with Juncos fluttering among the
upper branches & calling chup, chup to one another on
every hand. They kept coming in singly or in little flocks
from neighboring fields and scattered widely over the