Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] WED. [Wednesday] OCT. 27, 1909 [October 27, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Fine
Clear with fresh S.W. [southwest] wind. Warm
as summer. Evening very warm with
clouds gathering. Hylas calling in
woods through day. At evening & well
into night Tree Crickets were in full
cry at the Farm along the lane & 
Black Field Crickets in the grass.
I also heard one Pine Tree Cricket.
Spent day at Ball's Hill. The
men finished digging the boat pond.
We also cut a number of oaks behind
the hill using them in short lengths
to hold up the bank of new boat pit.
Very few small birds about. At
4 P.M. I heard Winter Yellow legs
calling & presently saw 11 birds in a
compact flock circling high over the
river. Henshaw & Purdie [Henry A. Purdie] lunched at
cabin & drove to Walden in P.M.
Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] THURS. [Thursday] OCT. 28, 1909 [October 28, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Fine.
Clear & cool with high N.W. [northwest] wind.
The sun, just before setting, appeared in
a narrow lane of blue sky just below
a heavy bank of black clouds & threw
a wonderful blaze of rich yellow light
over the landscape. Rarely if ever have
I seen anything of this kind so remarkable.
Spent day at Ball's Hill putting away
things for the winter & finishing this at last.
Henshaw played golf all forenoon. Purdie
went down river in a boat. We all
returned to farm for dinner. As we
were crossing Birch Field we saw two
Palm Warblers near at hand in good light
at edge of birch coppice. I had my glass on
them when they were only a yard apart &
made sure that one was a typical palmarum,
the other an equally typical hypochrysea.
Henshaw saw them both well & fully
confirms my identification. Purdie got
only a glympse [glimpse] at them. Heard a Partridge
drum & saw a fine adult red-shouldered
Hawk soaring low over us.