Concord, Mass.
1914.
March 17
to
May 31
(No 19)

5. Robin. Dexter [Smith Owen Dexter] saw the first Robin in Concord village on March 25 [March 25, 1914].
I heard one calling in Birch Field on the 26th [March 26, 1914]. Next morning (27th [March 27, 1914])
there was a perfect flood of Robins arriving from South. Between 7 &
10 A.M. they were constantly in sight or hearing and singing freely
then and at wing. Most of the birds comprised in the morning 
in-rush were in flocks some of which contained upwards of 30
members each. All were moving northward restlessly flying at no
great height above the tree tops & occasionally pitching down into
fields or trees to rest or feed although many kept on without any
such halt. The wing singing indicated that at least some of our 
local summer birds had come & this was doubtless the case for
after that I saw a few daily. More arrived about the middle
of April. After that we had at least four pairs settled to breed
within one hundred yards or less of the farm house & one
pair built a nest near the cabin at Ball's Hill but eventually
disappeared being either killed by Hawks or driven away by Jays.