Concord.
Wea. [Weather] SAT. OCT.17, 1908 [Saturday, October 17, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Cloudless but very hazy. Dead calm all
day. Oppressively warm.
  Took short walk after breakfast. Saw
at least 50 Robins along river path & a
lot of smaller birds near birch gate.
D.C. French arrived at 10 A.M. to spend day.
We walked about in the woods & looked at the
little canoes soon after dinner. Went nearly 
to Hunt's Pond stopping twice to cool off under
shade of willows or maples. Water glassy smooth
& covered with crisp floating leaves. Got back at
4.30 & walked to Pine Ridge. Dan left me
at 5.30. Heard a Black Duck just there.
Wea. [Weather] SUNDAY 18 [Sunday, October 18, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Still another smoky, uncomfortably warm
day with scarce a breath of wind.
  Drove to the Farm just after
breakfast to telephone to Batchelder about
A.O.U. [American Ornithologists Union] matters. Got back at 11 &
strolled about in the woods for an
hour. They were alive with birds;
There were fully 100 Robins on the Hill.
Pine Linnets in big flocks whirling about.
Mr. McInnis & Mr. Hall arrived at
noon to dine with me. We walked to
Davis & Holdens Hills after dinner. They
took 4.13 train. Mr. Howe & his son called.
Concord.
Wea. [Weather] MON. OCT.19, 1908 [Monday, October 19, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Cloudless but densely smoky. Cooler
with strong N.E. [northeast] wind.
  Spent most of day working with
Pat, James & Austin on and
about Bensen's Knoll where we opened
several vistas cutting down a lot
of trees & bushes. It was a chill
gloomy day & I noted but few birds.
Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert] saw four Ducks on wing & I
heard a Night Heron at evening & saw
a Cat bird in the swamp behind Ball's Hill. 
Jack Nichols called in afternoon.
Wea. [Weather] TUESDAY 20 [Tuesday, October 20, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Brilliantly clear with strong, cold
N.W. [northwest] wind.
  Spent day working with Pat, James
& Austin on & behind Bensen's Knoll.
We cut down a large number of trees
including some white pines which George
Carroll, Pat & I set out in the spring of
1894. They are now 10" [10 inches] in diameter &
25' [25 feet] high. Gilbert went to Cambridge &
I cooked my own dinner. Saw only
a very few birds including 3 Juncos & a
White-throat [White-throated sparrow]. A [?] on river off Ball's Hill.
Three gunners appeared in Pine Park at 4 P.M.
& I warned them off.