Concord (Farm)
Ther. [Thermometer] THUR. OCT. 7, 1913 [Thursday, October 7, 1913] Wea. [Weather]
Dull.
  Cloudy & warm with just 
a breath of E. [east] wind. No rain
but everything dripping wet from
some that came last night.
  Early autumn coloring past its
prime. Red maple leaves falling
in showers with the least puff
of wind. A great mob of
Sparrows in orchard & weedy
field & about grapes. Saw at
least 50 White-throats [50 White-throated sparrows], almost as
many Chippies [Chipping Sparrows] & half as many
Juncos. Only a very few Warblers
& those all Yellow-rumps. [Male] ad [adult]
Marsh Hawk crossing thro [through]
Berry Pasture. [Female] juv [juvenile] Sapsucker
in little apple tree again.
  Spent most of day picking
& sorting Roxbury russet apples
with George. Zeph hauling lumber
Burbank & his Sister here at 8 A.M.
[?] [?]
[margin]Old Cyrus Clark called in P.M. to look at cord wood.[/margin]
Concord (Farm)
Ther. [Thermometer] FRI. OCT. 8, 1913 [Friday, October 8, 1913] Wea. [Weather]
Fox barking. Dull.
  Cloudy, misty (but no rain)
warm & humid. Dead calm all day
White-throats [White-throated Sparrows], Juncos & Chippies [Chipping Sparrows]
about the place in almost, if not 
quite, undiminished numbers. No
Warblers except three or four Yellow
rumps [Yellow-rumped Warblers]. A few Bluebirds flying
over lane. 6 Robins in lane.
Crows cawing & Jays screaming.
Practically no Pheasants seen 
or heard of late. They aught to 
be crowing freely by now. Started
either one or a Partridge from a
grape festooned tree over lane at eve [evening].
About 7 P.M. a Fox barked 8 or 10 
times very near (in front of) the house
In the calm moisture laden night
air his husky voice rang out almost
as loud as a steam fog horn.
  Spent most of day working with
men. Tom making flower beds. Zeph &
George picking apples. Dr. Chamberlain
called at 5 P.M. My pains nearly gone
[margin] Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert] motored to Lancaster in A.M. to give C.[Caroline] a ride in the Ford car. [/margin]