Concord.
Two Deer seen on Ball's Hill
Ther. [Thermometer] FRI. SEPT.29, 1911 [Friday, September 29, 1911] Wea. [Weather]
32º at daybreak  Stormy
Raining heavily from 8 A.M. to 8 P.M.
Moderate easterly winds. Cold at
day break but mild after rain began.
  Spent most of day in shed
with James rearranging tools &
making some bird houses from hollow 
trunk of oak. Pat buring [burning] brush.
  Walked to Pine Hill in late P.M.
A dozen or more Black-polls [blackpoll warblers] & at
least one D. virens [Dendroica virens] in the pines.
Four Black-polls about cabin all day.
A Greebe [Grebe] in river opposite it this morn [morning].
  About 8 A.M. I was standing near
the chestnut cabin when I saw something
move on the crest of the hill above. The
next moment I made out the form of
a large doe standing among the oaks
& the head of another just beyond her.
Both walked off over the crest. I stole
up quickly but I saw no more of
either animal. A little later I started
3 Ring-neck Pheasants [ring-necked pheasants], a cock & 2 hens,
on the edge of our new road at E. [east] end
of hill where they rose within 20 ft. [20 feet] of me
from dead brush.
Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] SAT. SEPT. 30, 1911 [Saturday, September 30, 1911] Wea. [Weather]
Fine
Brilliantly clear & bracingly cool with
fresh N.W. [northwest] wind. A perfect fall day.
Autumn coloring has not intensified
much in past week. The red maples 
very disappointing & showing little or no
bright color although their leaves are falling.
Very few birds about to-day.
  Spent entire day working with
James, Pat & Zeph in white pine 
woods between the larches and Ball's H. 
swamp [Ball's Hill swamp]. Cut down & burned a
large number of trees some of which
I planted with the help of Pat &
George Carroll in the spring of 1892.
They are now 12 in. [12 inches] in dia. [diameter] at base.
This little piece of woods has
been & still is badly infested by
gypsy moths. My work there to-day
will render it easier to care for.