Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] THURS. SEPT. 11, 1913 [Thursday, September 11, 1913] Wea [Weather]
Fair
Partly sunny, largely cloudy.
Cool with easterly winds.
   A large mixed flock drifted
past house at 8 A.M. so rapidly
& restlessly that I could identify
only two birds a Redstart & an
Usnea Warbler. Most of the 25
or 30 others were certainly warblers
of one or another kind. Through day
saw 4 Kingbirds, 5 Robins, about
15 Chippins [Chipping Sparrows] & 3 Song Sparrows; also
a Cat bird [Catbird] eating elderberries.
  At evening (6.20) hd. [heard] 25 common
Thrushes (saw also) & 4 Cat birds [Catbirds] in
Berry Pasture & a fifth " " [Catbird] near
house. A Whippoorwill sang then
a few notes. At daybreak (5.50 A.
M.) he sang loudly & without pause
for at least two minutes.
  Spent day in & about house
Jaeger arrived at 10 A.M. & stayed
until 2 P.M. planning for a
comprehensive pumping system here.
Jack Nichols came at 1.30 & stayed
an hour. Jim Melvin succeeded him.
[margin] Sold my old Cadillac car for $50. to George, Jim his chauffeur.[/margin]
Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] FRI. SEPT. 12, 1913 [Friday, September 12, 1913] Wea [Weather]
Fair
Cloudy with occasional intervals
of sunshine. Warm. Light S.E. [southeast] wind.
  Comparatively few birds about.
Saw a Yellow rump [yellow-rumped warbler] the first in
oak near barn & a Nighthawk flying
about high at 6 P.M. Shortly after
this heard a Swainson's Thrush &
a Screech Owl in Berry Pasture. At
6.20 a Whippoorwill began & within
next six minutes sang five times
uttering from 4 to 8 whips each time.
The Owl was calling èr-e in
gasping tones. This was perhaps 
the same bird heard on Sept.2 [September 2]
calling augh for the tone was
[nearly?] the same.
  Spent day working with Tom
in our door yard weeding new 
flower beds. Transplant large Zinnias
& China asters in full bloom.
Also picked peaches - noble ones.
Walked thro [through] Berry Pas. [Pasture] at evening.
