Concord (Farm & Ball's Hill)
Dan F. [Daniel Chester French] & Dick Dana [Richard Henry Dana] depart. H.W. Henshaw [Henry W. Henshaw]
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, Oct. 27, 1915 [October 27, 1915] Wea [Weather] 
arrives. Charlie Carter calls. Perfect.
  Clear & almost uncomfortably 
warm with light southerly wind.
  Dan, Dick & I had a short 
walk about the place immediately
after breakfast. Dick departed for
Cambridge at 9.30 A.M. After
that Dan & I went to Ball's Hill
via Davis Hill, returning by way 
of Holden's Hill. Started seven
Partridge. Very many Juncos &
a few Yellow-rumps [Yellow-rumped Warbler], in birches.
Big flock of Juncos in woods.
  H.W. Henshaw arrived from
Washington at noon. His sister
died at Westboro early 
yesterday morning & is to be
buried in Cambridge on Friday.
Heartz, Dan & I dined together at 1.
Charlie Carter called at 3 to bid
me goodbye. It was good to have
him here with Dan & Henry. Dan
left us about 3.30 to spend night
at the Hudson's & to return to N.Y. [New York]
to-morrow. Henry & i spent evening
talking in parlor.

Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, Oct. 28, 1915 [October 28, 1915] Wea [Weather]
Perfect.
Water froze & hoar frost whitened
all the fields overnight but the
day was deliciously warm & almost
perfectly windless. Some of the oak
foliage has put on brilliant tints
of red within the past few days.
The high blueberry bushes still
purple-red or deep wine color where
retaining leaves.
  Lots of Juncos, a good  many
Robins & a few Yellow rumps [Yellow-rumped Warbler], flitting 
about farm. Flock of 75+ Crows
circling high in air, with vociferous
cawing, at 8 A.M. Flock of 12
Horned Larks flying low S.W. [southwest] an
hour later. Henry [Henry W. Henshaw] saw 2 Song Sparrows.
& 3 White-throats [White-throated Sparrow] in lane.
  Spent most of day out of doors.
In A.M. marked a lot of wild 
apple trees in Berry Pasture for grafting
next spring. Timmy with me there.
In P.M. with the men. Henry practised
golf in Bensen's pasture.