Concord (Farm)
I shoot a second Partridge
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Oct. 14, 1916 [October 14, 1916] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Raining at times very heavily, through
most of last night but the sun rose clear
this morning & shone brightly all day. The
wind had shifted to N.W. [northwest] & blew strong & cool
until near sunset when it died away.
  Despite the cloudy skies, violent S.W. [southwest] wind &
deluge of rain of last night a heavy flight
of migrants must have come from somewhere
further north betwixt sunset and sunrise for
our woods & fields were barren of them
yesterday & flooded with them to-day.
The [They] were mostly Yellow-rumps [Yellow-rumped Warbler] & Juncos.
Of the former I found a flock of at least 30 in
pines near Pulpit Rock & as many more in
Birch Field; of the latter not less than 60 spent
the day about the Farm occasionally visiting the
bird bath to bathe by dozens at a time. Some
were thus engaged after sunset although the
air was then almost frostily cool. How could 
they hope to dry their plumage before going to roost.
There was also a fresh, but not very great,
influx of Peabody birds.
  Timmy [Brewster's dog] & I tramped through Berry Pasture &
Birch Field soon after breakfast but saw no
game. We started out again without the guns at
3 P.M. where he [Timmy] treed a Partridge in Cedar Park.
I went back to house for the 20 gauge [shotgun] & returning
shot the bird on its perch in a wild apple tree.
We started two more in Berry Pasture & a
fourth in Birch Field but they gave me no
possible chance for a shot.

Concord (Farm)
Heavy flights of Starlings southward bound.
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, Oct. 15, 1916 [October 15, 1916] Wea [Weather] Fair
32 [degrees] min [minimum] 64 [degrees] max. [maximum]
  Forenoon sunny, afternoon cloudy. Strong
S.W. [southwest] wind. Ice as thick as window glass formed
over night. Yet no tenderest plant anywhere near
our house shows any signs of injury from frost.
Between daybreak & 10 A.M. the temperature rose
from 32 [degrees] to 60 [degrees]! It went 4 [degrees] higher, later.
  An extraordinary flight of Starlings all southward
bound & well above tops of tallest trees. Moving
thus, half a dozen or more flocks of 10 to 30
members each, passed over our house 9 - 10 A.M.
At 4 P.M. I saw at least 150 in one flock,
closely crowded, passing over Ritchie place.
Upwards of 40 Juncos, half as many Peabody birds,
a Song Sparrow, a Fox Sparrow & a Chippy [Chipping Sparrow] were
flitting about Farm all day making frequent visits
to the bird bath - especially at noon - & fairly 
crowding it at times. A few Yellow rumps [Yellow-rumped Warbler]
scattered widely, 4 Hermits [Hermit Thrush], 2 Ruby-crowns [Ruby-crowned Kinglet]
(one at bird bath but not bathing), 2 Gold crests [Golden-crowned Kinglet],
a Nuthatch of each kind [White-breasted Nuthatch and Red-breasted Nuthatch], a Creeper [Brown Creeper], Titlark heard,
a dozen or more Robins, 5 Partridges in Birch F. [Birch Field],
2 in Run, 1 in Berry Pas. [Berry Pasture]. Timmy treed 2 of them
in pines. I could have shot both easily.
Out with Timmy 10-12 A.M., 4-5 P.M.
Writing in house rest of day. The Burbanks,
Mrs. John Lawrence & her son Richard came
at 8 P.M. to hear Victrola records, staying
until 9.30.