Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Sept. 21, 1915 [September 21, 1915] Wea [Weather]
Stormy
S.W. [southwest] rain storm beginning at 9 A.M.
& lasting until 4 P.M. For two 
or three hours the rain fell in sheets
flooding fields & roadway. Very warm.
Sky cleared at sunset when a brisk,
cool N.W. [northwest] wind arose.
  Bird life again at very low ebb.
One or two unseen Warblers, probably
striata, lisping in tree tops, a 
Purple Finch calling, a Phoebee [Phoebe]
near barn cellar, about a dozen
Chippies [Chipping Sparrow] in peach orchard, several
Jays & Crows.
  We began picking peaches after
breakfast & got about two
bushels before the rain drove 
us in. After that Burbank
worked in shop & I wrote letters.
  I have started with Pigeons again.
Bought 4 Fantails in Boston last
week & received 6 Homers fr. S. Yarmouth [from South Yarmouth]
to-day - all pure white bucks.
Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, Sept. 22. 1915 [September 22, 1915] Wea [Weather]
43 [degrees] (at 10 P.M.) Fine
Brilliantly clear with raging N.W. [northwest]
wind. Cool in early morning, still
none so at evening although wind has
lulled them.
  A flock of about a dozen Goldfinches
(mostly young) in wild sunflower bed,
2 Chickadees in Birch Field, a Catbird
singing softly in Forsythia thicket,
a solitary young Black Poll [Blackpoll Warbler] in oaks near 
barn, a single Song Sparrow, a Downy [Downy Woodpecker],
a few Crow & a single Red-wing
Blackbird [Red-winged Blackbird] (apparently juv. [male juvenile]) flying
low over our orchard, calling, were
literally all the birds I saw or heard
except 3 scattered Partridges flushed
by Tim when he & I were taking
a walk just before sunset across
the open ground going up to young
pines & blueberry bushes where the
oak woods were cut along road to Bensen's.
  Spent most of day picking,
sorting & packing peaches with
Burbank's help. Pat called in
forenoon looking for wild grapes.