CONCORD 
1911 
March 23 
Great 
numbers of 
birds 
Fox Sparrows, 
Juncos , 
Robins , etc. 
Great 
mixed flock 
of 
Crow Black- 
birds 
and 
Red-wings 
Despite the high, cold wind that raged about the 
old farm house all day, we saw a really extraordinary nember 
of birds there, ] Among these were 12 Fox Sparrows, 4 Juncros, 
and one Song Sparrow, collected at the seed bed, and 13 Robins 
in a tree in the door-yard. The male Downy, the male Nut¬ 
hatch, and 3 Chickadees came to the suet. The Fox Sparrow 
-f 
sang gloriously at times. | 
About IP. M. I heard a sudden uproar of Blackbird 
voices. Hurrying to the nearest window, I saw an enormous 
flock of Crow Blackbirds and Red-wings in the tops of the 
two tall elms just to the west of the house. They were very 
evenly distributed throughout both trees, looking exactly 
like large, sable fruit clinging to almost every small 
branch and twig. Gilbert and I counted them several times, 
making the total numbers about 1701 About two-thirds were 
Crow Blackbirds and one third Red-wings. 
As the wind was blowing half a gale'at the time, 
they had obvious difficulty in clinging to their swaying 
perches,yet they remained fully exposed to its fury in 
those tree-tops for nearly ten minutes, during which scarce 
a single bird shifted its position. The Red-wings sang 
almost incessantly, their voices coming in successive 
bursts which drowned the roaring of the wind and rang out 
in wild, jubilant choruses. This chorus singing of the 
Red-wings in early spring always thrills and delights me. 
