Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Friday Oct. 5, 1917 [October 5, 1917] Wea [Weather]
Stormy
Raining steadily all day, lightly
for most part but very heavily
during a brief thunder shower at
noon. Cool with easterly wind.
  Dooryard birds. 2 Cat birds flitting
hither & thither, mewing a good deal;
8 Chippies [Chipping Sparrow] in bird bath together at
approach of evening, despite chill air
& falling rain; about 6 White-thr.
Sparrows [White-throated Sparrow] also bathing in turns &
feasting on our few remaining,
frost-bitten grapes; an unseen
Towhee calling; several young Goldfinches, 
apparently not long fr. [from] nest, following
a parent bird closely & calling
may-be in sweet, plaintive tones.
  In woodland no birds save a
few scattered Jays.
  Spent most of day in house
writing letters. Took Timmy to Birch
Field after breakfast, to Ritchie place
in late P.M. Henry [Henry W. Henshaw] drove to Concord
& walked back. Monson began stone
foundations for wood shed at Ritchie place
& worked on it all day in rain.

Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday Oct. 6 ,1917 [October 6 ,1917] Wea [Weather]
Clear, warm, windless weather-breeder
type of day.
  Dooryard birds: 2 Cat-birds, 6 White
thr. Sparrows [White-throated Sparrow], 2 Chippies [Chipping Sparrow], a Song Sparrow, 
a Brown Thrasher, several young Goldfinches.
All the Sparrows battening together some
time after sunset although the air was 
getting chilly then. This has happened
repeatedly of late. Saw a young 
Sapsucker in an oak near barn. Heard
a Solitary Vireo in orchard & either
the self same bird or another was
singing feebly later in Pulpit Rock
woods. 2 Towhees at Ritchie place.
2 Robins alighting in Berry Pasture
at sunset & 8 seen earlier in day,
by Henry, at Bensen's. Two
Red-shouldered Hawks soaring high &
screaming loud over Farm at noon.
  Spent most of day transplanting
things with George's help. Henry [Henry W. Henshaw] went
to Concord & brought me a lot of
Solidgo concolor [Solidago bicolor var. concolor] from Goose Pond woods.
  He & I with Timmy strolled thro [through]
Berry Pas. [Berry Pasture] at sunset. A Partridge flushed
there.

A Fish Hawk passed near house at 8 A.M. flying low S.W. [southwest] across our garden