Middlesex Co., Mass. [Middlesex County, Massachusetts]
Ampelis cedrorum
1875. Feb. 10- 1875 [February 10, 1875]
Feb. 10 Weather moderated slightly to day with
clear sky and very little wind. Took a
turn up on the farm late in P.M. princi-
pally to see the sunset from my favorite
little hill, the cedar ridge. Saw absolutely
nothing of importance among the birds with
the exception of a medium sized hawk
I think B. lineatus [Buteo lineatus] which I started
near the brook. On an old stump I 
found numerous droppings etc. of
a partridge (B. umbellus [Bonasa umbellus]) that has
haunted this locality all winter. Robins
were rather numerous and I saw them
prospecting a little among the asparagus
berries. Have twice lately seen a Sitta
Canadensis in our linden trees. He
was in company with a few chickadees
and kinglets and is I am sure the
same individual that I observed in
the same place sometime in Oct. or Nov. [October or November]
  [February] 18  Clear and cold. Ther. [thermometer] 6 [degrees] at sunrise. This
has been the most severe winter known
for many years. Since the new year
came in we have had only two mornings
where the mercury stood above 10 [degrees]. The
whole of long island sound, Mass bay [Massachusetts bay] etc.
are frozen tight. One would imagine
that such an unparallelled season would be
characterized by numerous unique phenomena
of bird migration etc, but such [has] not been
the case at least to any noticeable extent.
Yesterday I saw a flock of about 30
Ampelis cedrorum. They were feeding