Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, Oct. 19, 1914 [October 19, 1914] Wea [Weather]
Unique observation of 2 Woodcock. Rainy
Dark cloudy with frequent heavy
showers. Warm with light southerly
wind.
  Spent most of day in wood shed
where Burbank worked under
my direction at various small
jobs of carpentering. George Baker
worked partly in cellar, partly
outside, sodding renovated driveway.
Dexter [Smith Owen Dexter] came down to dinner &
spent most of afternoon getting
aquarium material in our little pond
& Lawrence's. I was too busy to go
with him. The electrician still
at work wiring house. 
  Rain ceased about 4.30. Guns popping
far & near after that. I took mine out
& strolled through Berry Pasture & Cedar
Park. Pheasants calling very freely in
distance. I was returning in twilight &
just starting up hillside below orchard when
I saw 2 birds on wing above tops of tallest
oaks near peach orchard. They came straight
over me, about 2 yards apart, one 
behind the other, when I saw that they were
Woodcock & shot at rear one but missed.
They kept on over Pulpit Rock woods, eastward.

Concord (Farm & Ball's Hill)
Flying Squirrel.
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Oct. 20, 1914 [October 20, 1914] Wea [Weather]
Pheasant shooting. Perfect
  Cloudless with tender blue sky & 
little or no wind. Slightly foggy in
early morning. Warm all day.
  Dan French [Daniel Chester French] telephoned from Boston at
8 A.M. urging me to accompany him to
Glendale by afternoon train which I
could not do. Jim Melvin arrived at
8 by appointment to shoot Pheasants
with me. Flushed 2 young birds in
Berry Pasture. As they swung past me
I killed the first ([male] juv [juvenile]) & missed the other.
We failed to find any in Ritchie place,
Bensen's weed fields, near Ball's Hill or
Davis Hill, or in Green Field but we started
4 Partridges from brush at edge of river
in front of chestnut cabin. It was a most 
tempting chance as they crossed the road
within ten yards but we did not molest
them. Returning to Farm rested awhile &
then beat Berry Pasture again. Jim
flushed & killed a full grown young hen Pheasant
near pond - a very pretty shot in brush.
Next tried hillside below orchard. An old
cock rose wild & I fired a long shot at him
but missed. Melvin fired twice at him &
missed. Near foot of lane an old hen
rose on whistling wings. I killed her instantly
as she was topping a tall birch 40 yds. off.
Big flock of Crow Blackbirds (200+) in run
in pines & on ground. At 11 A.M. smaller
flock (100+) in oaks near house at noon.
  Gilbert motored me to Concord after dinner.
Back by 2.30. At 4 a shot rang out in run
I ran down & saw 2 gunners enter their
motor car. As it came past in road I tried 
to stop them but they kept on. I flung my
[margin]hat at them & hit one square in the face. No word spoken by any of us.[/margin] 
[margin]This morning the freshly shed tail of a Flying Squirrel was found near the
foot of our farm lane by Gilbert.[/margin]