Concord (Farm)
Flood of White-throated Sparrows
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Oct. 9, 1914 [October 9, 1914] Wea [Weather]
Autumn coloring. Muskrats Perfect
Clear, calm, almost uncomfortably warm.
Autumn coloring of Red Maples, hickories,
gray birches & sumacs at its very
best last evening & this morning,
very decidedly faded with many
leaves falling, this afternoon.
  Walked to Birch Field after breakfast
taking little "Tim" as usual. Rarely if
ever have I known the woods more
divinely beautiful. Bathed in rich
sunlight softened by thin silvery
mist their brilliantly painted foliage
was wondrous to behold. Not a leaf
stirred. It was everywhere a scene
of heavenly serenity & beauty.
Peabody birds had arrived over night
in multitudes. I saw upward of 100
in Cedar Park & more than 200 in
Birch Field where they rose in fluttering
bevies, a dozen or more at once. Single
ones occurred everywhere. Many Juncos
also & a few Yellow-rumps [Yellow-rumped Warbler]. One Towhee.
Wrote my Museum Rep. [report] in A.M. Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert]
took it to Cambridge in P.M.
Dexter [Smith Owen Dexter] came down to dinner. We had a
walk after it. Lawrence's pond almost dry.
Its banks marked with fresh Muskrat
trails, its banks [?] by their burrows.
Concord - Lancaster - Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Oct. 10, 1914 [October 10, 1914] Wea [Weather]
Maple coloring passing. Fair
Mostly sunny; partly cloudy; warm
with fresh, soft, S.W. [southwest] wind. Autumn
coloring of maples fading fast & leaves falling.
  Left Farm at 9.45 and motored to
Lancaster reaching there at 11.10.
Took the Victrola and all the best new
records to play to C. [Caroline Brewster] & E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] They
seemed to enjoy them very much.
They are living in the cottage & taking
their meals at Miss. Holman's where
I dined with them & the other boarders.
At 3 P.M. C. & I motored over to the
Thayers but they were all out of 
house & could not be found so we
left a note of regret and returned
to Miss Holman's stopping at a garage
on the way to have the engine
titivated. It has been giving much
trouble of late & it is not yet right.
Started back for Concord at 4.15 & 
reached village center at 5.25 &
Farm about 6 (stopping for supplies).
Had a roast Pheasant for supper.
It was delicious. 
[margin]At least 50 Robins on lawn in Lancaster village & half as many more
on John Thayer's lawn. Saw almost no birds elsewhere.[/margin]