Concord
Wea.[Weather] SUN. SEPT. 27, 1908 [Sunday, September 27, 1908] Ther.[Thermometer]
Clear & oppressively hot with fresh S.W.[southwest] wind.
Arrival Connecticut Warbler [shorthand symbol]
Gilman & I walked to Farm in forenoon
by way of Davis Hill returning via Holden Hill.
Saw a good many Black Polls [Blackpoll warblers] & one Oporornis 
agilis a [female] or juv.[juvenile] [male] which I started from ground
in open oak woods near big pine at foot Holden
Hill. Found pond at Farm quite dry save
for a pint or two of water near [?]. In this
were a few live tadpoles. All about it were
dead fish to number a thousand or more
most of them Shinies of various sizes with the
two Bream we put in last May. 
  In late P.M. Gilman & I sailed down river
to Carlisle Bridge, paddling back.
Wea.[Weather] MONDAY 28 [Monday, September 28,1908] Ther.[Thermometer]
Cloudy with fresh S.W.[southwest] wind. A few
drops of rain fell about 4 P.M. 
  Spent day at Ball's Hill working
with my seven men. Bensen finished
laying a stone wall along the new
ditch or canal leading in to horse shed.
James & I did various tinkering jobs.
  The other men shoveled sand, cut
down trees etc. Gilman left me 
at 11 A.M. to return to Northboro.
  I started a hen Partridge at E.[east] end  of
Ball's Hill at evening.
Wea.[Weather] TUES. SEPT. 29, 1908 [Tuesday, September 29, 1908]  Ther.[Thermometer]
Heavy showers with violent S.W.[southwest] wind
just before daybreak. Forenoon cloudy.
Afternoon clear with strong W. [west] wind. Cooler.
Had six men at work today, James &
George logging the new cabin, Bensen &
Peter laying storm walls at boat pit &
behind woodshed, Pat & John digging banks.
Began excavation near horse shed for a
small boat house for canoes.
  Walked behind Ball's Hill at evening. Red
maples brilliant in places but not generally.
Only a few birds mostly Black-polls [Blackpoll warblers].
Phoebes in full song 6 - 7 A.M.
Wea.[Weather] WEDNESDAY 30 [Wednesday, September 30, 1908] Ther.[Thermometer]
Brilliantly clear with fresh, cool E.[east] wind.
Heavy fog in early morning.
  Spent day at Ball's Hill overseeing
the men. James & George finished
logging the basement of new guest cabin,
Hosner & Pat put up a boarded new
men's cabin. Bensen & Peter hauled 
stones & laid walls.
  A fine Osprey flew low over the hill
at 4 P.M. Later a Marsh Hawk followed.
Screech Owl wailing at dusk. Saw first
Hermit Thrush.



