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Big bird wave arrives from N. [North]
Ther. [Thermometer] TUES. [Tuesday] OCT. 19, 1909 [October 19, 1909] Wea. [Weather] 
30 [degrees] min [minimum] Fine
  Clear & cool with high N.W. [Northwest] wind. 
Spent forenoon at Davis Hill with
the men who worked on the new
roadway there. Henry went to Farm. 
He saw immense number of birds on
Birch Field so I went with him
there in P.M. Never have I known
the place so alive with small birds. 
  There were hundreds of Yellow Rumps, 
scores of White-throats & Juncos
a number of Yellow Palm Warblers,
a Ruby-crown Kinglet [ruby-crowned kinglet] etc. At
the Farm we saw Robins, White
throats, Juncos and Yellow-rumps in 
fair numbers. At Bensen's about 
20 Chippies [Chipping sparrows]. Heard a Snipe opp. [opposite] Ball’s 
Hill at eve [evening]. Two Pied-bill [billed] Grebes in
river opp. [opposite] Cabin. White-wing Scoter [white-winged Scoter] there
at 7 a.m. About 11 it was shot opp [opposite]
Davis Hill by a gunman in boat who
showed it to me still living. 
[margin]Hermit thrushes numerous. 2 Winter Wrens.[/margin]
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Ther. [Thermometer] WED. [Wednesday] OCT. 20, 1909 [October 20, 1909] Wea. [Weather] 
  22 [degrees] min [minimum] (at daybreak) Fine
  Glorious October day; brilliantly clear. 
Cold in early morn, warm through day; light W. [west] wind
  Henry & I walked to Farm in forenoon 
moving very slowly and making protracted
halts to watch or identify birds of
which we saw very many although they 
were far less numerous than yesterday. 
They were most numerous in Birch Field
where we noted 30 or 40 Yellow Rumps, a
number of Juncos, 6 Field Sparrows & 3 
Ruby-Crowns [ruby-crowned kinglets]. A Solitary Vireo sang a few 
notes near Cabin about noon & a Phoebe 
spent the day in front of the horse shed there. 
  Starting at 3 P.M. in the canoes we 
paddled upstream to Cemetery Brook.
River very serene & beautiful but birds 
scarce along its banks. Saw 2 Pied billed
Grebes one in front of cabin one at Hunt's 
Pond. [female] Marsh Hawk flying over meadows.
[margin]Pat F. saw a deer near my stone boat house about 4.30 P.M.[/margin]