Concord (Farm)
Big flock of migrant Bronzed Grackles.
Ther [Thermometer] SUN. OCT.19, 1913 [Sunday, October 19, 1913] Wea [Weather]
Tree crickets chirping still.      Dull.
  Cloudy foggy & calm with a
little fine rain at intervals.
Very mild. Tree Crickets chirping
drowsily at evening. 
  Lots of birds haunting our farm
all day. Most of them White-throats [White-throated Sparrows]
with a sprinkling of Robins &
Yellow-rumps [Yellow-rumped Warblers], 2 Ruby-crowned [Ruby-crowned Kinglets] &
3 Golden-crest Kinglets [Golden-crowned Kinglets], a few
Chickadees & a [male] Hairy W. [Hairy Woodpecker].
Young Song Sparrow heard singing.
About 11 A.M. I heard the clamor
of multitudinous Crow Blackbirds
towards Lawrence's & presently saw the
sable horde, at least 600 strong,
rise from his cornfield & fly off
low towards the S.W. [Southwest] 
  Spent most of afternoon coaching
Burbank about his duties. Pat
called. He was very drunk & profane.
In P.M. Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert] motored me to 
Carlisle where I called to see Duren
[margin]& also Zeph's little house.[/margin]
Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] MON. OCT. 20, 1913 [Monday, October 20, 1913]  Wea [Weather]
Stormy
  Heavy rainstorm, beginning early
last night & continuing unabated through
to day, with S.E. [southeast] to S.W.[southwest] of extreme 
violence. At times the rain fell in
torrents and the wind blew a living gale.
It was useless to attempt anything
out of doors so I kept all three men
at work clearing up cellars, taking
that of our house in forenoon & of
the old barn in afternoon. Dexter
came down to dine with me at
noon. We talked by the fire &
afterwards spent an hour or more
in the barn cellar with the men.
  Burbank worked in & about
the Bungalow, closing up sheds etc.
He is taking hold extremely well.
  Zeph saw a flock of Crow Blackbirds
in elms over house at 6 A.M. when 
I heard them. He says there were 25 
or more.