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Ther. [Thermometer] Sun. [Sunday] Oct. 17, 1909 [October 17, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
32 [degrees] min. [minumum]
Fine
 Clear & cool with violent N.W. [Northwest]
wind. Very little brilliant 
autumn coloring. The maple
foliage all down, that of the 
oaks still green. Few signs 
left of gypsy moth devastation
& the nests fewer in most places
than last year & fewest where
the moths were most plentiful
last summer!
  Henry & I spent the forenoon
at & near Ball's Hill walking,
hence, to Birch Island. In 
P.M. we walked to the Farm.
Saw a fair number of small 
birds chiefly Juncos, White throats
etc. Saw 2 [female] Marsh Hawks.
Spent the evening in the
cabin talking.

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Ther. [Thermometer] Mon. [Monday] Oct. 18, 1909 [October 18, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Dull.
 Sunny in early morn. Cloudy
through day with light rain at eve. [evening]
White frost at daybreak. Chill W. [West] wind.
At sunrise four Ducks were floating
on the calm water in front of cabin.
I paddled out in a canoe where
three rose out of gunshot. Of these
two looked like [female] Baldpates, the third
like a Green-winged Teal.
At the same moment still another
flew up from the marsh. It was 
brown & large & perhaps a [female] Mallard.
One of the four first seen stayed
in the water & remained about all
day. It was a White winged Scoter.
I got very near it. It dove when pursued.
Spent day at Ball's & Davis Hills.
Henry with me much of time.
Three men at work cutting trees.