1891 
April 5 
Many 
Sparrows 
Cambridge to Concord , Starting at 9.30 with Alray, 
I drove to Concord by way of the Lyman place, Swedenborgian 
settlement and Lincoln. The sunshine was bright and cheerful 
but the wind bitterly cold. We saw no snow until just before 
we reached Lincoln. Between Lincoln and Concord the northern 
exposures were white with it and it lay two inches deep in 
swamps and under pines. Wachusett white from base to summit. 
The country was alive with birds. In fact I have 
not seen a heavier flight for years. Robins, Song Sparrows, 
Fox Sparrows, Tree Sparrows and Juncos were the most numerously 
represented. All four species of Sparrows were often seen in 
one flock but we saw some flocks composed wholly of Juncos 
and one of Fox Sparrows — about thirty birds. They were 
mostly in old fields along brush-grown walls or among weeds 
or stubble. In places they rose in clouds at our approach, 
flying into the nearest bushes or woods. 
On the George Keyes place in Concord I heard 
Fox Sparrows singing and, following up the sound, came upon 
twenty or more in company with about an equal number of Tree 
Sparrows and Juncos. They were flitting in and out among 
some hazel bushes and wild cherry saplings that bordered a 
stone wall, occasionally venturing out a little way into a 
stubble field. Every few minutes a Fox Sparrow would begin 
its divine song but before it had half finished another 
would join in, t en another, and still others, followed by 
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