Concord
Ther. [Thermometer] SUN. [Sunday] OCT. 1, 1911 [October 1, 1911] Wea. [Weather]
Dull
Cloudy & cool with little or no
wind. Raining softly 5 - 10 P.M.
Spent most of forenoon on Blakeman
Ridge marking trees for cutting. Pat
was working there getting his winter's
wood. A good many birds about.
Heard a Pine Linnet calling & a
Solitary Vireo in full song. Saw
a very large Fish Hawk. It perched for
a few moments in leafy maples across
river. A fine old [male] Marsh Hawk & a
Kingfisher flew past. Black-polls [Blackpoll Warbler] &
Yellow rumps [Yellow-rumped Warbler] scattered about everywhere.
Pat saw a Gr. Blue Heron [Great Blue Heron] flying S. [South]
Percy Harris & his two boys came up for day.
I went to Concord by trolley car at 4
P.M. & called on Evelyn Purdie.
Talked with her an hour about Henry
& the Memorial. The rain began as
I was recrossing river at 5.15.
[margin]Very little autumn coloring left. It has been fading for a week past.[/margin]

Concord - Cambridge - Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] MON. [Monday] OCT. 2, 1911 [October 2, 1911] Wea. [Weather]
Partly stormy.
Rain falling heavily all last night &
lightly up to 10 A.M. today. About
3 P.M. the sky cleared & the sun came
out bright & warm. Evening calm & radiant.
  To Cambridge by 8.13 A.M. train.
Went direct to Mus. Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology] where I
spent forenoon talking with Henshaw &
Faxon. Also saw Garman & Mark
Had hoped to get data for my annual
report but the record book of acquisitions
was mislaid & could not be found.
Faxon & I went over to Harvard Sq. [Harvard Square] at
1 & lunched together under post office.
 I returned to Ball's Hill by 2.08 train.
Donning old clothes I recrossed river
with Pat & walked up rail road to
the place where the Blazing Stars grow &
where they seemed more abundant than
ever. We dug a lot of them & also
a dozen or more Closed Gentians.
Started 4 Pheasants on edge of meadow
Man with setter hunting Snipe fired 8 or 10 shots