Concord (Farm)
Young Turkey gobbler killed & eaten by Fox.
Fantail Pigeon [killed & eaten by Fox.]
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, Oct. 8, 1916 [October 8, 1916] Wea [Weather] Glorious
70 [degrees] max. [maximum] 2 Pigeons killed by Hawks.
  Another perfect Indian summer day
with tender blue skies, the gentlest possible
S.W. [southwest] breeze & summer-like warmth.
Butterflies & Dragon Flies [Dragonflies] on wing by scores.
Autumn coloring of maples sassafras & high
blueberries superb. Hickories canopies of gold.
Not many migrants & these scattered. Only
a few Yellow-rumps [Yellow-rumped Warbler] & Juncos, more White throats [White-throated Sparrow]
Robins (5) Cat-birds [Catbird] (2) Towhees (2) still
lingering in front of house & bathing in pond
2 Song Sparrows & a Flicker [?] on lawn.
  Our Turkeys, 16 in number & almost full grown,
were turned out of their yard for first time day
before yesterday at 10 A.M. During remainder 
of day they were scarce once out of our sight &
were never once known to stray more than 100
yards from the house. Yet at 2 P.M. we missed one 
from the flock. I found its remains to-day [today]
where a Fox had eaten it on the pine ridge east of
Ritchie place. Only one stray feather in path leading
there. Near this path in Run found where Fox
had eaten white Fantail Pigeon on rock. He
must have caught it in our dooryard for the
Fan tails [Fantails] never leave this. Five or six more were
scattered about all day where Turkeys roamed.
Two other white Pigeons (Homers) killed by
Hawks & eaten in Run, where their feathers lie in 
heaps. Have not seen or heard a Fox this autumn.
Turkey completely devoured save for one leg (tarsal
joint) & fragment of sternum.
  Out with Timmy [Brewster's dog] through Berry Pasture & to
Birch Field 9-11 A.M. & through Run & over
Pine Ridge to Birch Field in mid P.M.
Wrote letters & cheques for bills at other hours.

All feathers of Pigeon & Turkey bitten off by Fox. Not one [?].

Concord - Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, Oct. 9, 1916 [October 9, 1916] Wea [Weather] Fair
Garden birds.
  Mostly sunny but densely hazy.
Oppressively warm until late P.M. when,
after a light sprinkle of rain, strong, cool
N.W. [northwest] wind began to blow beneath cloudy skies.
  To Boston by 8.07 train. Sat with Geo. Keyes [George Keyes].
We parted at North Station whence I took a
trolley car to Cambridge leaving it at Memorial
Hall & walking thence to Mus. Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology]
where I spent forenoon, meeting there Henshaw [Henry Wetherbee Henshaw],
Bangs [Outram Bangs], Bigelow [Henry Bryant Bigelow], Barbour [Thomas Barbour] & John Thayer.
The last-named arrived bringing Alexander
Wilson's gun, a single barrel from the
Wade Collection recently purchased by Thayer
from Wade's Executor. Reached our house
(by taxi-cab) at noon, lunched in Museum
& then worked for 2 hours copy [copying] data for
my An. Report [Annual Report] from Mus. C.Z. [Museum of Comparative Zoology] receipt book
which Percy was to return before night.
Garden radiant with flowers, especially
wondrous dahlias, and alive with birds
including 4 Robins, 4 Yellow-rumps [Yellow-rumped Warbler], about a
dozen White-throats [White-throated Sparrow], a Gold-crest [Golden-crowned Kinglet], a Chickadee (hd. [heard])
a [female] Downy [Downy Woodpecker]. Percy reports a Towhee seen on 7th [October 7th, 1916]
& a pure white Sparrow present for past 2 weeks.
Niagara & Moore's early grapes - very good.
Arbor vines fruitless or nearly so.
  Took 3.58 train fr. [from] No. Cambridge [North Cambridge] to Bedford
where Gilbert met me. Bedford Swamp ablaze
with autumn coloring. Never saw it finer.