Concord (Farm & Balls Hill [Ball's Hill])
Three shots missed at Pheasants
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Nov.11, 1916 [November 11, 1916] Wea [Weather] Glorious
Timmy lamed. An unlucky day

Brilliantly clear with strong west wind
very cool & bracing but wholly without chill.
Altogether a rare day of late autumn type.
  Flock of 40+ Crows migrating low
S.W. [southwest] in rather compact body, 9 A.M.
  Fresh arrival of Juncos: 25+ in
Cedar Park, 15+ in Birch Field.
Redpolls heard repeatedly. 2 Jays.
Goldcrests [Golden-crowned Kinglet] & Chickadees heard near
Pulpit Rock & also at Ball's Hill.
  Light yellowish brown Hawk (possibly an
Owl) no bigger than a Broad-wing [Broad-winged Hawk] &
shaped like one, seen flying (Buteo-like flight)
from an Oak on Davis Hill, 3.30 P.M.
  6 Pheasants in Berry Pasture. Started an
old cock from edge of corn at 7 A.M. & fired
a long shot at him, in vain. Shortly after
2 hens appeared in front of house & some flew 
back to Berry Pasture. I followed & flushed
them in blueberry brush, within 15 yds., having 
a fair chance for a double but missed with my
first barrel & the second brought a clump of
feathers from the other bird but she kept on out
of sight flying feebly with one leg broken & dangling.
Soon after that flushed 2 cocks & a hen but
they all rose [?] & gave me no chance.
  Spent forenoon about farm & in nearby
woods cutting cedar for grape vine posts.
  To Ball's Hill in P.M. Put away boats etc.
Crossed river to stone boat house.
Walked back with Zeph [Zephaniah Prosser] via Davis Hill.

Timmy sprained [?] shoulder somehow this A.M. & cannot now step on his right leg at all.

Concord - Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, Nov. 12, 1916 [November 12, 1916] Wea [Weather] Dull.
30 [degrees] min. [minimum] 42 [degrees] max. [maximum]
  A drear November day, thin cloudy, chilly
with light northerly wind & a flurry of
white, frozen pellets in P.M.
  3 Crows flitting close about farm house in
early morn, one with nubble of corn in his beak.
No other birds noted there but a flock of 15+
Juncos seen near Carlisle Bridge.
Deciduous trees of every kind, excepting a few
oaks, completely leafless now.
  Closed farm house this forenoon & motored
to Cambridge (10.20-11.25) via Bedford
Lexington, Arlington & Somerville by Fresh Pond.
Strolling thro [through] Garden shortly after arriving there.
I noted within ten or fifteen minutes
2 Chickadees, 2 Goldcrests [Golden-crowned Kinglet], a Yellow rump [Yellow-rumped Warbler], 2
Peabody birds (1 im [immature], 1 ad [adult]), 6 Juncos (drifting through) 
2 Downy [Downy Woodpecker] ([male][female]) & 1 Hairy Woodpecker (the latter's
rattling cry heard), a Jay (heard).
  Our guests at dinner were Mr. & Mrs. Almy,
Mary Almy, Alice Allyn. They stayed
until 4 P.M.
  Miss Henders, C. [Caroline Brewster], & E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] & I spent evening
in hall, E. reading "Something New" aloud.
Timmy's lameness almost wholly gone.