Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Oct. 6, 1916 [October 6, 1916] Wea [Weather] Fine
80 [degrees]
  Sunny with light S.W. [southwest] wind. Clouds
gathering in late P.M. Warm at noon & eve [evening],
uncomfortably so through mid-day hours.
Hylas calling incessantly, but no cicadas.
  Comparatively few birds. Evidently no flight
passing & that of yesterday & the day before, past.
Four Robins, 2 Cat birds [Catbird], about a dozen
White-throats [White-throated Sparrow] & a flock of 15 Goldfinches
haunting dooryard shrubbery.
  Visiting Birch Field at 4 P.M. I found
there 4 Yellow rumps [Yellow-rumped Warbler] feeding in birches &
saw 7 more, very high in air, trailing
after 2 Bluebirds flying northward. 
A few Chickadees & 3 Partridges flushed
from Pulpit Rock were the only other
birds noted during this walk.
  Maple foliage & that of Sassafras nearing
its maximum brilliance & already past it
with some trees. Hickories fast turning
old gold & birches yellowing, also.
  Spent most of day in front of house
with Burbank, planting irises etc.
Mrs. Melvin called at 10 A.M.

Concord (Farm & village)
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Oct. 7, 1916 [October 7, 1916] Wea [Weather] Perfect
Acadian Chickadee. White crown Sparrow [White-crowned Sparrow].
  Cloudless & well nigh windless save for an
occasional breath of light easterly breeze. Just
agreeably warm all day. Maple & Sassafras foliage
ablaze with gorgeous coloring.
  The little pond in front of house was overflowed
with town water last night & remained so all day.
At 7 A.M. there were upwards of 30 little birds
bathing along its grassy margin. More or less of
them came to it again & again through day.
There were some 20 Peabody birds, 4 or 5 juv. [juvenile]
White-crowned Sparrows, a juv. [juvenile] Chippy [Chipping Sparrow], a
Song Sparrow, 2 Towhees ([male] and [female]), 5 Robins, 2
Cat birds [Catbird], 6 Goldfinches (all in winter garb)
All these were seen bathing together, sometimes
a dozen at once & quite amicably save that
all the others drove away the Goldfinches whenever
they attempted to join the general throng. The
White-crowns [White-crowned Sparrow] seemed very timid. Twice I saw
4 of them at once & I think there was a fifth.
  In Cedar Park at 8 A.M. I heard the emphatic,
harsh-voiced chick, chee -chee, dee of an
Acadian Tit repeated half a dozen times. The
bird was unseen but near at hand. No
marked flight of migrants. Only a few
Yellow-rumps [Yellow-rumped Warbler].
  To Birch Field with Timmy [Brewster's dog] at 8 A.M. Only
a few birds there. Returning shot a Gray Squirrel
which Tim treed in hickory by barn. Planting
flower beds most of A.M. At 1 P.M. motored
to Concord where Dr. Wentworth rebandaged 
my [?] left hand. Back by 3 P.M.
Mr. & Mrs. Dexter came at 4 to pick wild 
grapes.