Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, Oct. 18, 1916 [October 18, 1916] Wea [Weather] Superb
27 [degrees] at dawn. First hard freeze.
"Weather-breeder" type of day, cloudless,
almost windless, wholly free from haze,
a few clouds gathered, however, & a chill
N.E. [northeast] wind started, just before sunset.
Last night calm & decidedly the coldest thus far.
Mid day [midday] hours pleasingly warm with
Dragon Flies [Dragonflies] (but no Butterflies) on wing.
Some red maples still covered with dense
foliage, of the most brilliant hues.
  Fresh influx of Yellow-rumps [Yellow-rumped Warbler], Peabody birds
& Juncos. Of the first named about 30,
of the second at least 25, of the third upwards
of 100, were noted. All the Yellow-rumps [Yellow-rumped Warbler]
were in Birch Field where I heard also 2
Ruby-crowns [Ruby-crowned Kinglet]. The Juncos & White-throats [White-throated Sparrow]
frequented our millet near house & rose from it
in clouds when disturbed. A male Towhee, a
Chippy [Chipping Sparrow] & 5 Robins besides hosts of Juncos & 
White-throats [White-throated Sparrow], visited the dooryard freely.
4 Red-shouldered Hawks, soaring & [?]
close together in silence, over Birch Field.
Cock Partridge drumming in Run & another in B.F. [Birch Field].
Timmy & I made our usual round through
Berry Pasture & Birch Field in forenoon &
afternoon but he started only 2 Partridges & I 
got no shot at anything desirable. Burbank
& I planted bulbs & ferns. Harris finished 
the cement work about bird bath. Monson
& Cooper ditching, Zeph [Zephaniah Prosser] & George felling trees.

Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, Oct. 19, 1916 [October 19, 1916] Wea [Weather] Stormy
32 [degrees] min. [minimum] 44 [degrees] max. [maximum]
Dark cloudy with strong, chill N.E. [northeast] wind and
incessant rain, light at first, increasing in
violence as the day wore on. Water froze again
last night. Nearly all the red maples now bare
but a very few still dense with brilliant foliage 
About 50 Juncos, 20 White-throats [White-throated Sparrow] & half a 
dozen Robins flitting to & fro about our 
dooryard and bathing freely at all hours 
even when the rain was falling fastest &
the keen wind blowing strongest. Their
opportunities for such abulutions [ablutions] have been
greatly improved by the changes just
completed especially to provide for it. Town
water piped directly to the big stone bird bath
now overflows it with a shallow cemented
pool and thence runs around the borders of
a flower bed into the pond which no longer
leaks & has a large, partly-submerged stone
slab especially favored by bathing birds.
  Timmy & I made the usual round just 
after breakfast without seeing any game.
But when in late P.M. we went through the
Berry Pasture, leaving the gun at house, he
flushed a cock Partridge & 2 cock Pheasants
all of which offered fair shots.
Spent most of day in house rearranging things.