Crows pe eking; 
appl e s 
Meadow Larks 
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Wright showed me some Baldwin apples which had 
been attacked by Crows, he said. Each apple had a hole an 
inch or more in diameter pecked in the side to the core. 
In many cases the hold extended through to the other side. 
The core with its seeds seemed to have been removed in 
every instance. W. thought that more than half the apples 
on one tree had been thus treated. He has seen a large 
number of Crows in the tree for several days lately. He 
has never known nor heard of Crows attacking apples before* 
These are still green or at least hard and unripe. 
I saw one flock of 29 Crows this morning, flying 
south-west low down and probably migrating. The number of 
scattered birds was about as usual. 
jdEither the bulk of the Blue Jays have passed 
or they have become silent and retiring of late. I see or 
hear about as many now as I should in the breeding season. 
A single Black Duck in Fairhaven swimming near the 
east shore was the only water bird noted to-day. 
As we came down the river at evening I saw a small 
flock of Rusty Blackbirds flying over Fairhaven Hill, several 
little parties of Titlarks circling over the meadows, piping, 
and a very few Robins. A gunner (Jones) beating Dugan 
brook meadow, apparently for Snipe, started five Meadow Larks 
we 
as/were passing and following after them fired two shots, 
with what results I did not see. We also saw three of these 
birds near the Fitchburg Railroad bridge this morning. f 
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