Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Sept. 25, 1914 [September 25, 1914] Wea [Weather] 
Dull
Cloudy & cool with light northerly
wind. A slight sprinkle of rain
fell last night.
  Spent most of day in & close
about house, copying bird notes,
weeding flower beds etc. Town
water turned on soon after dinner.
Burbank has been using his for
several days. Jim & Mrs. Melvin
called at 4 P.M. & listened for an
hour to victrola music. After
their departure I strolled to
Birch field with Tim. He had
an exciting time chasing Squirrels
& Partridges (2). I flushed a
Woodcock from dense young pines
beside the path in Pulpit Rock
woods. Birch Field alive with
Peabody birds, calling excitedly as they
went to roost among pines at sunset.
Heard a Hermit Thrush clucking &
a Thrasher smacking there. Winter 
Wren tick ing near spring.

Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Sept. 26, 1914 [September 26, 1914] Wea [Weather] 
Fine
Clear & cool with fresh N.W. [northwest] wind.
  Walked to Birch Field twice in
forenoon & once thither & into pine
woods beyond in late P.M.
Not many birds. One small
mixed flock contained Canada Nuthatches, 
an Usnea & a Black-poll Warbler [Blackpoll Warbler], 
several unidentified Warblers & a
Solitary Vireo. Heard a Winter Wren.
tick-ing in run near Cedar Park.
As Melvin & I were returning from
a walk at 10 A.M. we flushed two
Partridges among wild grape vines &
bush just below our old barn. One
of them alighted on the roof of the
open wood shed (filled with birch wood)
within ten yards of us and stood
there for several minutes in full
sunlight jerking head & tail & quit-ing.
She looked like an old hen still in
the moult. We were fully exposed to her
view & moved & talked while looking at her.
A.T. Pierce called in forenoon.