Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Sept. 11, 1915 [September 11, 1915] Wea [Weather]
"Tim" kills his second Woodchuck. Fine
Cloudless & intensely hot despite a
rather brisk westerly breeze.
  More birds than hitherto. Heard Crows
& Jays at sunrise & at least one
Red-shouldered Hawk (screaming long
& loud at 8 A.M. A Nuthatch grunting 
& once calling wot-wot-wot in elms.
A Red eye [Red-eyed Vireo] uttering whining cry there.
9 [in a flock] Cedar birds on wing; also a
family party of 5 Goldfinches, old
& young. Several unidentified Warblers
keeping high in oaks & elms.
Cat bird mewing & singing sotto voce
at sunset, in thicket front of house.
Solitary Flicker & 4 Chippies [Chipping Sparrow]. Veery
giving ordinary day call (pheu) many
times in run as twilight gathered.
[margin]"Tim" had desperate battle in Run with huge Woodchuck, finally killing
him with some help from me & not without getting an ear bitten. This at 5 P.M.[/margin]

Concord (Farm)
Juncos arrive
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, Sept. 12, 1915 [September 12, 1915] Wea [Weather]
Deer tracks. Fine
Brilliantly clear & refreshingly cool
with light northerly breeze which,
however, changed to easterly towards
sunset when the sky became overcast
with streaky clouds indicative of
coming foul weather.
  Not many birds. Catbird, 4 Chippies [Chipping Sparrow],
5 Goldfinches, a Downy [Downy Woodpecker] & a Nuthatch (White bellied)
near house. In neighboring woods 3
Robins, several Jays, 2 Black-thr.
Green Warblers [Black-throated Green Warbler] (an adult singing faintly
& listlessly) A young Chestnut-sided 
Warbler (in top of tall elm), a Red-
bellied Nuthatch (whining) a few
Chickadees, a Hairy Woodpecker, a
few Crows, 2 [males] Juncos (in Birch field)
  Noticed deer tracks (of large buck
& smallish doe) in wood paths
but all rather old.
  Walked to the spring just after
breakfast & again an hour later when
Charlie & Mrs. Carter, with Barbara came.
Mrs. Melvin called in P.M. bringing her
sister & companion & a Russian officer.