Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Nov. 2, 1915 [November 2, 1915] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Forenoon sunny & very warm up
to 11 o'clock when a big black
cloud bore down on us with thunder
& a terrific gale of wind which 
stripped the ripened foliage from
most of the trees & filled the air
with clouds of whistling leaves. After
that a raging & rather cold N.W. [northwest]
wind blew ceaselessly under a cloudless
sky.
  Juncos & Robins scattered about
farm lands rather numerously, both
species singing freely & well. A
Fox Sparrow in full, glorious song in
run at 7 A.M. A dozen Crows
migrating low S.W. [southwest] Two Starlings
flying in same direction. A Bluebird's
call heard.
  Spent most of day supervising
work of men. Out with Timmy &
gun in late P.M. Started 3 Partridges
but did not shoot. Henry [Henry W. Henshaw] motored to
Westboro. Dexter [Smith Owen Dexter] came down to lunch
with me.

Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, Nov. 3, 1915 [November 3, 1915] Wea [Weather]
Pheasant shooting. Mixed
  Early morning and late afternoon sunny.
Clouds overspreading sky from 10 A.M. to
3 P.M. with frequent showers of fine rain.
Strong, cold N.W. [northwest] wind all day.
  Lots of Juncos and a few Robins about
Farm especially along lane. 4 Fox Sparrows
in Run. Several Pheasants & a Rusty B. [Rusty Blackbird]
in corn field front of house. One Yellow rump [Yellow-rumped Warbler].
Bluebirds heard calling. Small, straggling
flight of southward (S.W.)-bound Crows.
2 Jays seen by Henry H. [Henry W. Henshaw]
  Just before breakfast I took 20 gauge
gun and stole down to corn patch in
front of house. Following the western 
edge I had nearly reached the far end
when a hen Pheasant flushed & quartered
to right flying high & very swiftly. She
fell dead to my first barrel. The second 
brought feathers from another hen that
rose behind me but she kept on. At
noon I saw a fine cock drop into the 
corn. He flushed at the lower end of it
& was instantly killed by my heavy charge
as he quartered to right 30 yards off.
[margin]Spent most of my day with men. Zeph cutting down trees in Run. Harris
finished well curb. Found he had made cement hot beds all wrong. Henry golfing at
Bensens in A.M.
We walked 
to Birch F [Birch Field]
at sunset.[/margin]