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Ther. [Thermometer] THURS. [Thursday] OCT. 5, 1911 [October 5, 1911] Wea. [Weather]
Red Maple foliage superb. Fine
Clear & cool with high N.W. [northwest] wind.
A perfect October day with brilliant
Autumnal coloring everywhere.
  Spent most of day working
with Pat at Ball's Hill & Pine Park.
We planted a number of ferns &
asters, cut down or dry up a lot
of superfluous pines & birches & did
various other things. James, Zeph
& Bensen worked on the wood shed
raising it almost 4 feet & laying part
of a foundation wall under it.
I saw comparatively few birds.
There was about a dozen Juncos,
a Robin, 2 or 3 Jays & some 
Chickadees about the cabin. At
4.20 P.M. I started down river 
paddling to below Birch Island &
sailing back. Saw 5 [in a flock] Black Ducks
circling low opposite the island &
several flocks of Titlarks. An ad. [adult]
Buteo lineatus on my hawk pole.
[margin]Saw Marsh Hawk three tines beating meadow opp. [opposite] cabin.[/margin]

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Ther. [Thermometer] FRI. [Friday] OCT. 6, 1911 [October 6, 1911] Wea. [Weather]
Maple foliage at very best. Mixed
Forenoon sunny with cool N. [north] wind.
Afternoon cloudy & calm. Raining heavily from
6 P.M. through whole following night.
  Spent most of forenoon in Pine Park
where Pat worked with me & Bensen & Zeph
worked on stone underpinning of shed.
Gilbert went to Cambridge & James to Boston.
The latter bought & came back in a Cadillac.
auto ($175) which Dr. Osgood has owned.
Mr. Dexter came down at 4 P.M. to 
pass night. We went through every patch
of rag weed in Mc.Grath's field startling
a lot of Song Sparrows & at least thirty
Yellow-rump Warblers [Yellow-rumped Warblers]! We then took
canoes and paddled down river to 
Birch Island. Heard Pheasants calling
& crowing all along the edge of the
meadow. A few Song & Swamp Sparrows
singing. Returning went up river to Lagoon.
Hear 2 Snipe in distance & the 
whistling of Duck's wings in darkness
Saw 2 Mergansers at Beaver Dam Rapids.
In forenoon saw 2 Swainson's, 1
Gray-cheek [grey-cheeked thrush] & 1 Hermit Thrush in tupelos
along river path. Red Maple foliage at
its very best to-day. Never before in all my
life have I seen it more gorgeous.