Concord
Wea. [Weather] Mon. [Monday] Oct. 2, 1905 [October 2, 1905] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Densely cloudy with strong, warm
S.W. [southwest] wind
  Gilbert went to Lancaster to 
get "Larry". I spent entire day 
at the farm setting out the ferns 
and other plants that I got at 
Glendale. There seemed to be 
an unusual dearth of birds. I
saw almost none except a flock 
of sparrows in a weedy field. 
Maple swamps still brilliant but 
the leaves are falling fast. 
  Wea. [Weather] Tuesday 3 [October 3, 1905] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear & warm with light W. [west] wind
  Spent early morning rambling 
about in woods near Ball's Hill,
forenoon writing letters, afternoon
at the Farm. Woods alive with 
Black-polls, a young [male] Sapsucker
at Farm on trunk of elm near house.
Heard a Screech Owl in Pulpit Rock
woods, another at cabin. A Horned
Owl hooting as I crossed Birch Field.
Two Kingfishers at Ball's Hill.
Swamp maples shedding leaves fast.
  Concord - Cambridge - Boston
Wea. [Weather] Wed. [Wednesday] Oct. 4, 1905 [October 4, 1905] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear & very warm with light
S.W. [southwest] wind.
  To Cambridge by 8.13 train.
Worked all forenoon on my 
M.C.Z. [Museum of Comparative Zoology] report. Walter helping
me. Lunched with Walter & Margie.
Quantities of delicious grapes fully 
ripe in garden. Isabellas & Catawbas
fine this year & fully ripe.
To Boston at 3 P.M. Called at
Parker House & sent roses to C. [Caroline]. Returned
to Ball's Hill by 4.47 train.
  Wea. [Weather] Thursday 5 [October 5, 1905] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear & very warm with strong
W. [west] wind.
  O'Connor sent me three men
this morning & I set them at
work with Pat (who also began
to day) enlarging our boat pit.
A fifth man, Edward McGrath,
worked all day with me on the
south side of Holden's Hill
cutting down trees. James & Swift
were mowing in the Barrett Meadow.
Birds very scarce. Chestnut
have begun falling.
[margin]Saw a worn faded Mountain
Butterfly in Holden Meadow.[/margin]

