CONCORD 
190S 
October 15 
On my to the Farm this morning I heard Bluebirds 
and Yellovj-rumps at frequent intervals. In Birch Field I 
cemie upon a little party of three Yellow Palm iiYarblers. Two 
V/hite-throated Sparrows were near them among the gray birches. 
In the oak woods beyond this field I found a flock of 
Chickadees accompaaiied by a White-bellied Nuthatch. I heard 
another Nuthatch of the same species at the saiiie moment 
calling in the distance and also in the same direction a Red- 
bellied Nuthatch. The latter v>ras, I think, in the oaks in 
the rear of the old barn. 
About 10 A. M. an Osprey passed over the orchard at 
a considerable height, scaling on set wings jsowards the 
south-west. 
On my return to Ball’s Hill just before sunset, I 
found about fifty (I counted forty-eight) Robins running 
about over the turf in Bensen’s pasture. As I was watching 
them, a flock of eighteen Cow-birds passed me, quickly 
followed by two flocks of Rusty Blackbirds. All these were 
flying in the direction of the roost at Beaver Dam, 
Gilbert had a remarkable experience with a small 
Hawk v/hich, from his description, I judge to have been a male 
Sharp-shin. It was standing in the middle of the path near 
the cabin with its wings half spread, their tips touching 
•o 
The tail widely spread also re i on 
It held a Robin in its ta^i-ons. When it rose, 
the ground, 
the ground. 
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