Brown Eagle. Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Oct. 9, 1917 [October 9, 1917] Wea [Weather]
Catbirds eating snow berries. Dull & rainy
Cloudy & intensely chilly with
strong, keen north-east wind which
towards sunset brought rain that
continued to fall gently up to 9
or 10 P.M.
  Dooryard birds: 2 Catbirds, 12+
White-throated Sparrows, several
Yellow-rump Warblers [Yellow-rumped Warbler] & a Scarlet
Tanager (in green & yellow pl. [plumage]).
While we were at breakfast the Cat birds
partook of theirs in the snow-berry bush
directly before the window, greedily
swallowing its large white fruit which
I had not before known any bird to
eat.
  Few birds in woodland. Winter Wren
heard tick-ing excitedly in brush pile
near Pulpit Rock.
  At 2 P.M. saw a large brown Eagle
fly high eastward over orchard. A lesser
bird that looked like a Duck Hawk swooped
at it twice & then drifted off southward.
  Spent most of day in Pulpit Rock
woods with Zeph. Burbank & George picking
Baldwin apples. Henry [Henry W. Henshaw] & Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] went to
Cambridge in Ford car (9 A.M.-1 P.M.)

Concord.
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, Oct. 10, 1917 [October 10, 1917] Wea [Weather]
H.W. Henshaw [Henry W. Henshaw] departs. Dull.
  A duplicate of yesterday in respect
to weather conditions generally although
the chill N.E. [Northeast] wind & lowering sky
brought on no rain. 
  Dooryard birds: 2 Catbirds, a [female] Tanager,
several Yellow-rumps [Yellow-rumped Warbler], about a dozen
White-throated Sparrows, one Song Sparrow.
Crows & Jays flying back & forth all day
especially over or near cornfield at
Ritchie place.
  Winter Wren tick-ing in brush pile on
hillside near Spring 9 A.M., another (or same?)
heard in run at foot of lane, 3 P.M.
  Found two plucked-out tail feathers
of cock Partridge in wood road leading
thro [through] Run to Ritchie place. There were
also a few under tail coverts. Henry &
I think either a Fox or a Hawk tried
to seize the bird but got no more than
we saw.
  Spent most of day in woods with Zeph.
Henry called on Dexter [Smith Owen Dexter] & Charlie Carter 
after dinner & then took train for Boston
to return to Washington to-night.

Shot large Gray Squirrel in hickory back of barn, with 20 g. [gauge]