Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, Sept. 4, 1916 [September 4, 1916] Wea [Weather] Fine
Tennessee [Tennessee Warbler], Cape May [Cape May Warbler], Prairie [Prairie Warbler] & Bay-Breast W's [Bay-breasted Warbler].
  Clear & just agreeably warm with rather
strong S. W. [southwest] wind. Last night clear & cool.
  Near house only 2 Cat birds [Catbird] feeding on elder
berries [elderberries] & a Downy [Downy Woodpecker] in dooryard elms.
In Pulpit Rock woods a small mixed flock
including a young [male] Bay breast [Bay-breasted warbler], several
D. virens [Dendroica virens] (1 ad. [adult] [male]), a solitary Vireo (singing
feebly), a silent Wood Pewee, a White br. [White-breasted Nuthatch] &
a Canada Nuthatch.
  In Birch Field at 11 A.M. a somewhat
larger flock, feeding in tops of gray birches
& among young white pines. These birds
were tame & not restless, permitting me to
identify every one of them positively.
There were a Tennessee Warbler, very green above,
ashy white with no obvious tinge of yellow, beneath;
3 Cape May Warblers all in sleek, silky
aut. [autumn] pl. [plumage], one strongly yellow on breast & probably
a [male] juv. [juvenile] the other two [females] one of which was
sharply, the other only faintly streaked beneath,
on an ashy-white ground color; a Prairie
Warbler in fresh aut. [autumn] pl. [plumage] with conspicuous
blackish streaking beneath & looking like an
ad. [adult] [male], 2 Magnolia Ws [Magnolia Warbler], a young blackpoll [Blackpoll Warbler],
a [female] Redstart, 8 Chickadees & a Can. Nuthatch [Canada Nuthatch].
Walked to Birch Field at 11 A.M., meeting
Henry [Henry Wetherbee Henshaw], then returning fr. [from] [?]. We went there
again in late P. M. when Timmy [Brewster's dog] started two
broods of young Partridges. Glover [Glover Allen] & Mrs. Allen
called about 4 P.M.

  12 Black Ducks [in a flock] flying high, S. W. [southwest], passed our orchard at sunset. Saw them through window.

Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1916 [September 5, 1916] Wea [Weather]
Dull.
  Thin cloudy & cool with light N. E. [northeast] wind.
  The only birds noted near house were a Cat-bird [catbird]
in elder bushes, 2 Purple Finches & 6 Goldfinches [in a flock] on
wing, a Hairy W. [Hairy Woodpecker] in Lane, a young Hummer [hummingbird]
with yellow, pollen-stained crown at phlox
in garden, a Great Blue Heron flying high, S. W. [southwest],
at 8 A.M.
  In Pulpit Rock pine woods found a small
mixed flock which included a Canada Nuthatch,
a Brown Creeper, a [male] juv. [juvenile] Mniotilta, a Tennessee [Tennessee Warbler],  a
Black poll [Blackpoll Warbler] & several D. virens [Dendroica virens] (2 ad. [adult] [males]) a [female]
Redstart & a silent young Wood Pewee.
6 Robins & 2 Partridges flushed in Birch
Field, a flock of 20 Bobolinks (counted) & a
single Swift migrating high over it at 9 A.M.
  Spent most of day working with George in
flower gardens at rear of house. Walked
to Birch Field with Timmy at 9 A.M.
Henry Henshaw motored to Wellesley to see
his sister in forenoon & went to Bensen's
field to practice golf in afternoon.
Ripe peaches, strawberries & raspberries now.