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Ther. [Thermometer]  WED. SEPT. 27, 1911 [Wednesday, September 27, 1911]  Wea. [Weather]
Dull.
Early morning clear & cool with light
N. [north] wind. Clouds gathered by 8 A.M.
and the remainder of day was sunless,
yet warmer with S.W. [southwest] wind which
brought light rain at nightfall.
  Spent day working with Pat.
We dug in road, behind Ball's Hill & 
replanted along our new road [?]
up it a number of marginale ferns [marginal wood ferns]
and ladies' slippers [lady's slippers] and 3 white prims [primroses?]
Also worked on the road itself.
There were a good many birds.
Black-polls, Yellow-rumps, Chickadees.
Golden crest (heard), Crows, Jays,
2 Robin, Bluebirds (flying over), a 
Goldfinch, Song Sparrow, 2 Towhees,
a Rusty Blackbird (heard) & Titlarks,
a Kingfisher & a "Dipper' (Grebe).
Heard a Partridge down on [?]
ridge & startled 4 others behind hill.
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Ther. [Thermometer] THURS. SEPT. 28, 1911 [Thursday, September 28, 1911] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Brilliantly clear with fresh N W. [northwest] wind.
Early morning cool, midday warm,
almost frosty at evening.
  Spent most of day working
with Pat, James & Zeph on south
side of Ball's Hill near cabins
cutting down oaks & clearing out
brush. While here at 9.45 A.M. I 
saw 18 Black Ducks pass overhead
in a line at right angles to their course
which was S.W. [southwest]. They were evidently migra-
ting & it stirred my blood to see them.
There was a Greebe [Grebe] on the river opposite the 
cabin at 6.45 A.M. Ten or twelve
Black-polls about the hill all day.
Smith Dexter came down to dine
with me. We started for a walk at 
1 P.M. going to Pine & Davis Hills.
Saw a few Black polls [Blackpoll Warblers] & a [male] Hairy W. [Hairy Woodpecker]
At 4.30 I went alone to the Farm
where I found a great nest of white -
throated Sparrows about the grape vines
& in the back [?]. 3 Towhees with 
them. Also one or two Robins
Walked back to cabin after sunset.