Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Oct. 20, 1916 [October 20, 1916] Wea [Weather] Fair
74 [degrees] max. [maximum] 70 [degrees] at sunset.
  Sun shining steadily but more or less
obscured by filmy clouds or dense haze.
Unseasonably warm with light southerly
wind. Hylas calling. One or two Butterflies
on wing.
  Comparatively few birds. The Sparrow 
flock about orchard, dooryard & lane
shrunk to not more than 25 Juncos &
10 or 12 White-throats [White-throated Sparrow], the Robins numbering
only 5 or 6. All three species bathed but
not numerously or often. The Robins pecked 
a little at our few remaining strawberries.
They have well-nigh stripped all the
barberry bushes about the place.
Of other birds I noted scarce any.
Timmy & I had no luck with the gun.
We flushed a Partridge in the run & 2
in Berry Pasture. In latter I saw a big
cock Pheasant stealing through a [?]
[?] & might have shot him there but
instead tried to get a wing shot but he scudded
on & finally rose out of range.
A Jay in Berry Pas. [Berry Pasture] 9 Cow birds on wing. 4 Rusties [Rusty Blackbird]
in corn.
  Harris & Joe, Burbank & I spent most of 
day reworking poultry & pigeon yard at
E. [east] end of house. Monson did not come.

Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Oct. 21, 1916 [October 21, 1916] Wea [Weather] Mixed.
Atalapha cinerea.
Forenoon cloudy with frequent light showers.
Afternoon sunny with brilliant light shed on
still more brilliant autumn foliage (mostly of oaks & 
birches). Very warm all day. Fresh S.W. [southwest] wind.
  Not many birds & those scattered. About
15 Juncos 8 or 11 White-throats [White-throated Sparrow], a Song Sparrow &
Goldfinch, a Chippy [Chipping Sparrow] came to bathe at noon. A Towhee
calling near the house. 2 Goldcrests [Golden-crowned Kinglet] in Pulpit 
Rock pines, 2 Yellow-rumps [Yellow-rumped Warbler] in Birch Field,
a few Crows straggling southward in parties
of 6 or 8, apparently migrating. A Screech Owl
wailing in Run, near Pulpit Rock at sunset.
  The little hen Partridge that ran across my
path from the dense thicket in Birch Field, on
the 17th, has been seen there frequently of late.
Timmy flushed her from it this afternoon
when she came hustling out past me within
ten yards. As she crossed the path & was
about to disappear among dense young pines I 
shot at her head & almost scored it. The
charge also shortened her right wing but did
not trouble the body - a lucky chance.
We started three more Partridges one of which I
could easily have shot on the ground - but 
would not. I did not fire at any of them.
  Spent most of day with Zeph [Zephaniah Prosser] who was
cutting trees & brush. He brought me a beautiful
Hoary Bat this morning, finding it alive 
but listless, clinging to a branch over
the old Bigelow Road as he came that way
to his work. It is still living.