Richard Hunt & Mr. Garfield call. Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, Oct. 25, 1917 [October 25, 1917] Wea [Weather]
Fox & Pheasant seen. Fine
Sunny but hazy. Mild but chilly.
Light S.W. [southwest] wind.
The heavy north-east storm of yesterday
has stripped most trees of foliage &
flooded brooks & pond holes hitherto dry.
since midsummer. Our pond in
Berry Pasture now brim-full.
  In dooryard & lane 8 Robins, a Ruby-
crown [Ruby-crowned Kinglet] in nearly full song, several
White-throats [White-throated Sparrow], half a dozen or more
Juncos. Song sparrows calling at sunset
in Berry Pasture. Fox Sparrows with
a dozen or more Juncos, in Green Field.
Started 2 Partridges in run near front of lane.
  As we were lunching at 12.30 a big
pale red Fox glided across the open space
just beyond well curb of front of house, not
leaping but either trotting or pacing with
exceeding swiftness carrying head & tail on
level with back. I have never seen one
move thus before except perhaps very slowly.
Not 2 minutes after he had passed a fine
Cock Pheasant, coming from opp. direction,
stalked sedately over some piece of
open ground but rather near the well.
  Spent most of day out of doors.
Richard Hunt of Winchester called in A.M.
Garfield lunched with me. We afterwards
went to Green Field & Birch Id. [Birch Island] He has decided not to take Ritchie house & will
probably buy Skelton farm. I find him most congenial in every way.

Concord.
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Oct. 26, 1917 [October 26, 1917] Wea [Weather]
Apples all picked. Perfect.
Clear, calm, warm, a "weather-breeder"
kind of day. Hyla calling in woods
crickets chirping on sunny banks,
Clouded Sulphur Butterflies & Honey Bees
hovering about Hawkweed blossoms
on lawn.
  Not many birds, 6 Robins, a Ruby-
crown [Ruby-crowned Kinglet] in song, 4 White-thr. [White-throated Sparrow], & 2 Song
Sparrows, 4 Juncos, 2 ad. [adult male] Goldfinches
in fresh winter plumage - very neat
& handsome, a Flicker a Downy [Downy Woodpecker] &
a Hairy [Hairy Woodpecker] heard calling - those were all
that I noted close to our house.
Somewhat further off in field or wood
were a few Crows & Jays & perhaps
half a dozen Yellow-rumps [Yellow-rumped Warbler].
  A [female] Pigeon Hawk flying due south, low
& very swiftly, with incessant nervous
wing beats, over the open field just across
the road fr. our house passed me within
30 yds. at 2 P.M. She was a very large
bird, apparently immature.
  Spent most of day pruning grape vines &
working in flower beds. The men picked
apples, the last, including Northern Spies.
Shot 2 Gray Squirrels in big hickory, Cedar Park
killing one the second, the other the third, shot, with
22 cal. rifle off hand. Both in top of tree.