Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Sept. 22, 1916 [September 22, 1916] Wea [Weather] Fine
Winter Wren.
Early morn [morning] calm, cloudy & foggy.
Sunny & warm with light southerly
wind through remainder of day.
  Very few birds & these mostly in
thickets close to house where I noted
a dozen or more White-throats [White-throated Sparrow], 3 Towhees
& 2 Indigo birds [Indigo Bunting] in brown plumage.
  During a morning (8-9 A.M.) walk, with
Timmy [Brewster's dog], to Birch Field I found the
woods almost lifeless save for the
presence of countless Jays, screaming
incessantly far & near.. Henry [Henry Wetherbee Henshaw] & I had
much the same experience in late P.M.
when, however, we heard a Winter Wren's
tic-tic notes repeated many times in
the Run. At its head, close to the road,
an old cock Partridge drummed at
regular, normal intervals 4-4.30 P.M.
  Spent rest of day superintending
men working at renovation of little pond
in front of house. Picked 2 quarts of
strawberries, also some peaches & plums, to
send to Lancaster to-morrow.
  Henry motored to Wellesley in A.M.

Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Sept. 23, 1916 [September 23, 1916] Wea [Weather] 
Fair.
Early morning sunny with cool east
wind. Most of forenoon cloudy with a 
light sprinkle of rain. Afternoon clear
and very warm with fresh S.W. [southwest] wind.
  Still fewer birds. In thickets about our
dooryard 2 young Catbirds, 2 Towhees &
7 or 8 White-throated Sparrows spent the
entire day. Very many Blue Jays screaming,
especially at morn [morning] & eve [evening]. They visited
our standing corn & some of the larger
oaks near foot of lane, at frequent
intervals. There was also at least one
Rusty Blackbird in or near the corn.
I neither saw nor heard a Warbler
of any kind.
  Spent rest of day close about our
house where Harris & his helper worked
through forenoon & George until 5 P.M.
Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert] motored to Lancaster in A.M.
taking apples, peaches, plums & 2 quarts of
strawberries to C. [Caroline Brewster]. Timmy [Brewster's dog] went with him.
Henry went to Cambridge returning at 4 P.M.
with Norton. The latter walked about the Farm
& its woodlands with me in late P.M.