1906.
Oct. 30
  Cloudy with light rain in afternoon. Forenoon calm & mild.
  As I stepped out of doors about seven o'clock this morning
I saw upwards of twenty Robins fly from the orchard. They
rose all together like a flock of Blackbirds and after mounting
high into the air made off due south. I watched them until
they passed beyond my range of vision but they did not
change their course in the slightest. This fact with the
height at which they flew and the compact body which
they formed led me to conclude that they were actually
starting on migration.
  A large migratory flock of crows appeared at
Ball's Hill about 8.30 A.M. coming from the north-east
and settling in the meadows opposite the cabin where they
fairly blackened the surface of the marshy ground. Here
they remained for a few minutes moving actively about
apparently in search of a breakfast. I wondered what
food could be found in such a place in sufficient abundance
to satisfy the needs of such a multitude. When they 
left the marsh they alighted in the trees that skirt its
southern margin where they cawed vociferously making
a great clamor. They were in sight altogether about
twenty minutes. I did not see where they finally went.