Cambridge - Concord.
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, Nov. 27, 1916 [November 27, 1916] Wea [Weather]
34 [degrees] min [minimum] 50 [degrees] max [maximum] Fine
Clear with blustering but not cold
S.W. [southwest] wind & rising temperature.
  In Garden: Hermit Thrush (flying from
linden by my window in lawn evergreens)
Chickadee & 2 Gold crests [Golden-crowned Kinglet]. Shufeldts Junco
(male), Eastern Juncos (5 or 6), Peabody birds (2)
and a few House Sparrows feeding on seed
bed by Museum at 9 A.M. 2 Gulls on wing.
Spy Pond: 30+ Gooseanders near shore
at N.E. [northeast] end of pond below Pleasant Street.
Concord Farm: Goldcrest [Golden-crowned Kinglet] heard;
5 gray-breasted Redpolls eating bird seed in Cedar Park.
15+ Juncos feeding in stubble below orchard,
5 in stable yard; 2 Partridges in 
Birch Field (flushed among dense pines).
George reports Pheasants at Ritchie place 
daily of late.
  Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert] & I left Museum at 11.10 &
motored to Concord via Arlington, Lex. [Lexington]
& Bedford reaching Farm at 12.10. No
land bird -not even a Crow - seen the whole
way. Spent afternoon with Burbank & George
cutting small pines (for Christmas greens &
mantle covering), mostly in Birch Field.
Lawn at farm home still green.

Concord - Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Nov. 28, 1916 [November 28, 1916] Wea [Weather]
48 [degrees] max. [maximum] Fair
Forenoon sunny; afternoon only partly so
Strong S.W. [southwest] wind; cool but not chilly.
  At Farm: Crows cawing at sunrise. 3 seen
later, on wing. 3 Chickadees near Pulpit Rock,
25 + Juncos in stubble, others flitting hither &
thither through orchard. One Tree Sparrow
with Juncos, another in Berry Pasture,
[male] Starling "skirling" in tree top near
brick school house, Redpolls heard overhead
repeatedly but only a single one seen.
  Spent most of day out-of-doors looking
after innumerable things with the help of
Burbank & George. We carted in the pines
cut yesterday & covered beds of bulbs with
part of them selecting out others to be
sent to Cambridge later. Burbank
killed 4 young Turkey gobblers (10-12 lb.)
one for our Thanksgiving dinner, three to be sold.
Monson & Casper relaying wall at Ritchie place.
  Gilbert motored me to Concord where I took
3.44 train for Cambridge. Edward Emerson
sat with me. He looked badly & complained of
weakness after his recent illness (the grippe).