Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] TUES. NOV. 4, 1913 [Tuesday, November 4, 1913] Wea [Weather]
Belated Usnea Warbler.      Fine
Hudsonian Tit [Hudsonian Titlark] again.
Early morning rainy. Sun
out by 9 A.M. Remainder of
day clear & cool with raging 
N.W. [northwest] wind.
  Spent most of day in hen
yard where Burbank & Zeph
were moving two large
poultry houses to new positions
while Tom dug post holes
& I pruned fruit trees etc.
Late in forenoon a little bird
flitting about in a low apple tree
attracted my notice. It proved to be 
a juv. [juvenile] [female] Usnea Warbler. I got
within a few feet of it. Several
Chickadees, a Fox [Fox Sparrow] & a Tree Sparrow,
8 or 10 Juncos & 5 Goldfinches in
orchard & wood [?]. Heard
Hudsonian Tit [Hudsonian Titlark] call once near at hand.
Two Cock Pheasants flew low
over poultry yard fr.[from] Lawrence's field.
Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] WED. NOV. 5, 1913 [Wednesday, November  5, 1913] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear & cold with brisk N.W. [northwest] wind
Comfortably warm through middle
of day especially in sheltered places.
Ground hard frozen in early morning.
  Spent entire day working with
Burbank, Zeph, Tom & Bensen along
the new road through the cedars 
bordering on the run. We cut a
lot of trees, got out rocks, hauled 
dirt for grading etc. George left
me yesterday morning without
notice & has not yet returned.
  Six Golden-crests [Golden-crowned Kinglets] keeping together
& apart from other birds in cedars
& birches, two small flocks of
Pine Linnets in birches, upwards of
a dozen Juncos flushed from woods,
a Hairy [Hairy Woodpecker], 2 Pheasants calling at eve.
were about all the birds noted.