Concord  (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] MON. SEPT. 15, 1913 [Monday, September 15, 1913] Wea [Weather]
First white frost.   Fine
3 Deer seen.
  Brilliantly clear with light N. [north] 
to E. [east] winds. Fields white with
hoar frost at sunrise. It
did little harm here save by
blasting buckwheat & corn leaves.
Flowers & grape leaves escaped.
Only a few migrating birds noted.
Usnea Warbler & Black Poll [Blackpoll warbler] in
hickory. Water Thrush on cask by
barn (seen by Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert]). 2 Cat birds [catbirds].
Gray Squirrels swarming in heavy
fruited hickory (pignut) in lane.
Five or six there all day. One
Red [red squirrel] with them fighting & dining there.
Half grown Cotton-tail in [larch?]
every morning & evening - very tame & pretty.
  Spent most of day at Farm
planting bulbs. Tom went off
yesterday & has not returned.
  In late P.M. I walked to
Ball's Hill via Holden's Hill & back
via Bensens. 5 Robins & a Tanager
on Pine Hill.
[margin] George Baker saw a big doe & 2 fawns this eve [evening] near edge of
Barrett run.[/margin]
Concord, (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] TUES. SEPT.16, 1913 [Tuesday, September 16, 1913] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Brilliantly clear with light E. [east]
wind. Heavy hoar frost at sunrise.
Middle of day very warm.
  Rather many birds about the
house among them a Brown Thrasher, 
Catbird, Towhee, and House Wren.
Heard the call notes of one or
more Red Crossbills. A Swainson's
Thrush peerk -cing at evening in
our Berry Pasture. There is
only a small puddle (about 6 ft. [6 feet]
square) in our pond but in it
are hundreds of fish including
good sized Bream. How they
can live so crowded is a mystery.
  Spent most of forenoon with Zeph
& Bensen who were stoning a [?]
in the Run. Picked peaches in P.M.
Walked through Berry Pas. [Berry Pasture] at sunset.