Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Nov. 2,1917 [November 2,1917] Wea [Weather]
Perfect
  Cloudless and for most part windless,
with tender blue sky and warm
sunshine. Hard frost last night &
ground like flint this morning early.
At breakfast time another Shrike
appeared in front of house. I say "another"
for this one, unlike the bird seen here
yesterday, was adult & colored like
average Shrikes of mature age that
visit Mass. [Massachusetts]. He chased a Sparrow (White
throated [White-throated Sparrow], I thought) to & fro through our
dense Forsythia thicket. Both birds
emerged from & plunged into it thrice
always a yard or two apart, the
Sparrow doubling abruptly when hard
pressed & thereby doubtless escaping; for
the Shrike presently flew off preyless,
low & swiftly, thro [through] orchard (S.E. [southeast]) & beyond.
Before this no small birds were to be
seen. A few minutes later about a 
dozen Juncos, one Tree Sparrow & a Song
Sparrow came to the millet bed while
6 Robins began running about our corn
& strawberry beds. 3 Jays at Ritchie
place trying to find a neglected ear
of our harvested corn.
  Spent most of day out of doors
working with the men.
  C. [Caroline Brewster] telephoned at noon. I have not heard
her voice before since she left Lancaster.

Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Nov. 3, 1917 [November 3, 1917] Wea [Weather]
Unsuccessful Partridge hunt. Fair
  Cloudy and very chilly with strong,
raw N.W. [northwest] wind. Everything white with
hoar frost at day break. Ground hard
frozen then. Night coldest of autumn thus
far, according to Burbank.
  At least 30 Robins & a dozen or more
Juncos with one White-thr. Sparrow [White-throated Sparrow]
were flitting about our dooryard at
breakfast time. Later in day I saw
both species almost everywhere, in woods
as well as fields, in smaller flocks.
5 or 6 Gold-crests [Golden-crested Wren] in Cedar Park, others near
Pulpit Rock, one or two in Birch Field.
4 Crow Blackbirds flying low through
Run at 8 A.M. A Creeper, one
Yellow-rump [Yellow-rumped Warbler] & 3 or 4 Jays. Also a
Hairy [Hairy Woodpecker] & a Downy W. [Downy Woodpecker], a Song Sparrow &
5 Tree Sparrows.
  Out with 20 g. gun & Timmy, hunting
Partridges, morning & afternoon. Started at
least 7, 3 in Birch Field, 3 in Berry Pasture,
1 in Run. One bird gave me a fair
open shot, two others difficult chances, but
somehow I could not seem to pull
trigger, this being apparent lack of
coordination & eye brain & nerves, as was
so often the case last year. Timmy had a
glorious time & ranged the covers about as
well as any trained setter or pointer.