Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, Oct. 1, 1917 [October 1, 1917] Wea [Weather]
Glorious
Brilliantly clear with high, cool
northerly wind. Just comfortably
warm thro. day.
  Autumnal coloring improving daily.
Ivy & woodbine foliage still glowing,
that of red maples about at its best.
Hickories & sassafras making a fine
show.
  Not many birds. 8 or 10 White thr.
Sparrows [White-throated Sparrow] raiding grapes & 2 Cat birds
still frequenting dooryard shrubbery.
Solitary Robin in Cedar Park.
2 Yellow-rump Warblers [Yellow-rumped Warbler], 2 Chickadees,
several Jays & a few Crows seemed
to represent all the bird life of our
various woodlands.
  Spent most of day at or near
Barrett Spring where Zeph was
cutting trees, Monson & his boy
working on a roadway.
  Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] motored to Lancaster with
fruit, etc. Henry [Henry W. Henshaw] went to Boston.
I shot a large Gray Squirrel on lawn
at noon.

Concord - Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Oct. 2, 1917 [October 2, 1917] Wea [Weather]
Perfect.
Brilliantly clear with fresh, cool
N.W. [northwest] wind. Autumn coloring now at
maximum of first stage & very beautiful.
  Cambridge Garden birds. 3 Robins, a
Swainson's Thrush, 2 or 3 White thr. Sparrows [White-throated Sparrow],
a [female] juv [juvenile] Sapsucker (showing no red on head)
in Gravenstein apple tree.
  Concord Farm birds. 2 Cat birds, a Solitary
Vireo & half a dozen White thr. Sparrows [White-throated Sparrow], in
dooryard; a [male] juv [juvenile] Sapsucker & Partridge in
oak scrub near spring; 2 Usnea Warblers &
a Redstart in Cedar Park; 14 Rusty Blackbirds
flying low southward, calling, at sunset.
  Henry [Henry W. Henshaw] & I motored to Cambridge (10-11.15 A.M.)
via Concord, Sandy Pond, Lincoln, Piety Corner, 
Waverley and Watertown. Spent an hour in Garden
& in calling on Miss Hammond & Walter Deane.
Lunched at "Cock Horse". Called on Sam Henshaw
at Museum 1.30-2.30. Back to house. Dug 
potatoes & found them fine looking. Returned
to Concord (3-4.15 P.M) via Watertown
Waltham, Lincoln, Sandy Pond. Walked
to Birch Field before sunset.
50+ Black Ducks in Cambridge Reservoir
(Hobbs Brook Reservoir)