November 3, 1772

Posted by sydney on Nov 3rd, 1772

20 or perhaps 30 martins were playing all day along by the side of the hanger, & over my fields.  Will these house-martins, some of which were nestlings 12 days ago, shift their quarters at this late season of the year to the other side of the northern tropic! Or rather is it not more probably that the next church, ruin, cliff, sand bank ( a Northern naturalist would say) lake or pool will prove their hybernaculum & afford them a ready, & obvious retreat?

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