Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, Sept. 23, 1917 [September 23, 1917] Wea [Weather]
38 [degrees] (10 P.M.) R. H. Dana [Richard Henry Dana Jr.] arrives Superb
Brilliantly clear with light, cool
N.E. [northeast] wind dying at sunset.
Light frost last night with every
indication of heavier one to-night.
  Bird life at very low ebb. Woods
& fields alike birdless for most
part save for a few Crows & Jays.
One Robin, 2 Cat Birds, a Junco,
a Peabody Bird & a [male] Downy [Downy Woodpecker] in 
or near dooryard. 2 Towhees in
Berry Pasture. Nothing whatever
seen or heard along river from
Holden's to Davis's Hill.
No nocturnal migration last
night or this. What can
have become of the hordes
of south bound migrants usually
passing at this time of year?
Dick Dana arrived in his
motor car at 10 A.M. He, Henry [Henry W. Henshaw] &
I had a short walk before dinner
& after it went over the usual
route to Ball's Hill via Holden's Hill
& back by Davis's Hill. Spent evening
in parlor, talking.

Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, Sept. 24, 1917 [September 24, 1917] Wea [Weather]
28 [degrees] Second killing frost. Fair
Sunny but hazy & more or less thin
cloudy. Cool with light easterly wind.
Heavy frost last night. It encrusted
everything at sunrise, even the foliage
of tall trees. All tender vegetation
killed. Our fine grape crop ruined
and thirty or more bushels of ripening
peaches spoiled. Yet the temperature
fell no lower than on the 11th when
far less damage was wrought.
  In our dooryard; 3 Cat-birds, 3
Song Sparrows; in orchard 12 + Chippies [Chipping Sparrow], 3 Cedar birds
at Ritchie Place, 3 Towhees, 2 Catbirds,
3 Peabody birds, 2 Song Sparrows.
Only Crows, Jays & a Hairy Woodpecker
in woodland. No Warblers any where.
  Dick Dana [Richard Henry Dana Jr.] returned to Cambridge
this noon. Before then he, Henry
& I took a short woodland
walk. In afternoon I superintended
apple picking and did a lot of 
telephoning. Got Jouett who promises
to write a letter expressing my unfitness
to serve on Jury & H.M. Spelman who will
present it for me & look after case.