October 8, 2014
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The sun setting red
in haze at the same time as
the full moon rises.
October 8, 1851
Maples by the shore
extending their red banners
over the water.
Notice a large toad
amid dead leaves in the woods
colored like the leaves.
White-throated sparrow
uttering a faint sharp cheep
on the swamp white oaks.
October 8, 1857
Flocks of tree sparrows
by river slightly warbling–
a song sparrow sings.
Trees and weeds alive
this pleasant afternoon with
twittering sparrows.
Black willows lose leaves
and the shore begins to look
quite Novemberish.
October 8, 1858
Nothing can exceed the brilliancy of some of the maples which stand by the shore and extend their red banners over the water. October 8, 1852
I notice a large toad amid the dead leaves in the woods at Chimaphila maculata, colored like the leaves, a much darker brown than usual, proving that they resemble the ground they occupy. October 8, 1856
Flocks of tree sparrows by river, slightly warbling. Hear a song sparrow sing. See apparently white-throated sparrows hopping under covert of the button-bushes October 8, 1855
The trees and weeds by the Turnpike are all alive this pleasant afternoon with twittering sparrows . . . I observe white-throated sparrows, song sparrows, I think some Fringilla juncorum, etc. (maybe tree sparrows ???). They are all together and keep up a faint warbling, apparently the white-throats and tree sparrows, — if the last are there. A song sparrow utters a full strain. October 8, 1856
I see and hear white-throated sparrows on the swamp white oaks by the river's edge, uttering a faint sharp cheep. October 8, 1857
Found my boat yesterday full of willow leaves after the rain. October 8, 1855
The button-bushes and black willows are rapidly losing leaves, and the shore begins to look Novemberish. October 8, 1858
The sun set red in haze . . . and the moon rose in like manner at the same time . . . The moon is full. October 8, 1851
[Thoreau gave his lecture "Moonlight" to a small audience of friends, among them Bronson Alcott. James Spooner, Marston Watson and his wife Mary Russell Watson. On Sunday, October 8, 1854 See Thoreau's Lectures after Walden 259-255]
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A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau~edited, assembled and rewritten by zphx © 2009-2015
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