Concord.
Wea. [Weather] Sat. Sept.19, 1908 [Saturday, September 19, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudless. Forenoon calm & densely
smoky; afternoon clear with fresh E. [east] wind. 
Just pleasantly cool.
  Spent entire day at Ball's Hill.
James, George & Pat worked there together
excavating earth for a channel. I am
digging between our boat pit & the 
pond in front of horse shed. I
worked on sailing canoe & on 
the canoe pit. Hobb's launch
brought up a lot of people in P.M. 
Birds continue very scarce.

Wea. [Weather] Sunday 20 [September 20, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Brilliantly clear with light, cool
S.E. to S.W. [southeast to southwest] wind. A perfect day.
Took short walk behind Ball's Hill
after breakfast. Larry started a noisy 
cackling Pheasant. It looked like a hen.
At 10 A.M. six Red-shouldered Hawks
soared over Ball's Hill for several minutes
circling & screaming only a few yards apart. 
  Wrote letters in forenoon. Started up
river at 2 P.M. Sailed most of way to Red
Bridge. Called at boat house & saw there Hill,
Lombard, Wightman Geo. Keyes [George Keyes] & wife,
Grace Keyes, Metcalf & others. Next called on
Miss Addie Buttrich. Paddled back to camp
[margin]at sunset, Saw 2 Muskrats.[/margin]

Concord.
Wea. [Weather] Mon. Sept. 21, 1908 [Monday, September 21, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudless but very hazy. Warm with
fresh S.W. [southwest] wind.
  Spent day at Ball's Hill overseeing
work on the boat pits, landings etc.
Had no less than seven men engaged in it
viz. James, George, Pat, Bensen, Peter
& two men hired through Ed. Maker.
They dug a wide canal from our old
boat pit to the new one in front of horse
shed. We cut down some good white oaks
for a landing. Very few birds about & 
none of any interest.

Wea. [Weather] Tuesday 22 [September 22, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudless but densely smoky with
light easterly winds. Very warm.
  Spent day at Ball's Hill working with
same men at same tasks as yesterday.
Michael Hopkins the mason worked day making a curb around our new well.
At 5 P.M. I paddled up river to the
Lagoon. Found a flock of about 75
Blackbirds there. Most of them looked like Rusties
but I identified one [female] Red-wing among them.
Saw a Kingfisher & a Bittern. Saw
2 Swainson's Thrushes near cabin.
Found thousands of Brown tail larvae dead in nests.