Concord
Ther [Thermometer] MON. OCT. 13, 1913 [Monday, October 13, 1913] Wea [Weather]  
Fine
Clear & warm with light 
W. [west] wind shifting to N.W [ northwest] & 
rising at nightfall.
[Male] Towhee in front of house
Flock of Pine Linnets (30+) in
apple orchard at 8.00 A.M.. & another
(perhaps the same] in Birch Field
at 1 P.M.  White-throats [White-throated Sparrows] seen
raiding grapes but falling off
in numbers. 6 or 8 Chippies [Chipping Sparrows] in 
orchard. Scattering Juncos & 
Yellow rumps [Yellow-rumped Warblers], 2 Pheasants calling.
All red maples & many other
trees - including hickories - leafless.
  Spent forenoon picking & 
boxing apples. George picking, too.
Henry motored to Concord to play
golf with Dexter.  In P.M. Henry
& I walked to Hutchinson's Pond
finding it windswept & rather dreary
We talked whole eve [evening] by parlor fire.
Concord
Ther [ Thermometer] TUES. [Tuesday] OCT. [ October] 14, 1913 Wea [ Weather]
4 Deer 9 ( 3 bucks)   Stormy                                                          
Cloudy with light & constantly
accelerating harsh N[ north] wind which
culminated in a veritable gale in
P.M., accompanied for hours by
alternating rain and snow. Of very
large size & intermingled with showers
of leaves the snow flakes filled the air 
at times obscuring all but nearby objects.
  We had intended to motor to Lancaster
this morning but fortunately did not
attempt it. In forenoon I accompanied 
Henry to Bensen's pasture where he
practiced golf shots & I tried a few.
Keeping  on to Balls Hill we saw a 
Pied-billed Greebe [sic] [Grebe] in the river opposite
the cabins & startled a cock Pheasant.
  Not long after dinner we separated 
to indulge in a nap, As I was about
to lie down for this purpose I happened
to look out of the chamber window & 
saw four Deer walking across field going
across the road. Three were bucks with 
good antlers, the fourth a small doe.
I then called Henry & Gilbert. Together
we watched them for 10 minutes or more.
Collecting under the sweet apple tree they
made a pretty picture. The bucks 
seemed friendly but occasionally sparred with their
horns pushing strongly liked [sic] [like] cattle. The doe
coquetted & frisked with all of them.
[margin] They ate a few "apples" & then walked off into brush by pond.
Minutes later Henry saw 20 them in [?bushes]. [/margin]











