Cambridge, Mass.
1909
Nov. 7 [November 7, 1909]
(No 6)
under peculiarly favorable conditions for the day was
absolutely perfect. Although the Maple Swamp has
been recently despoiled of all but a few of its larger
trees and otherwise sadly disfigured by fire there
still remains much attractive cover for thicket haunting
birds and of these we saw or heard a considerable
number chiefly Song Sparrows (a dozen or more) and
Tree Sparrows with one Fox Sparrow and one Swamp
Sparrow. A flock of 9 Red-winged Blackbirds rose
from the bushy reserves of the Swamp and flew out
over our heads as we were standing by the Glacialis.
Mr. Baker tells me that two Coots (Fulica) & a Pied-
billed Grebe were seen in this pond last month.
Sparrows
Red wings
Coots
  The bushes in the Brickyard Swamp have been almost
completely destroyed by drought & fire. Muskrat Pond
at the foot of Vassal Lane has been reached by the huge 
clay pit which now extends from the Lane to Concord Avenue
and having been abandoned is fast filling up with water.
I saw fresh signs of Muskrats in this pit to-day.
Brickard Swamp.
Muskrat Pond