Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, Nov. 4, 1917 [November 4, 1917] Wea [Weather]
Red-Tailed Hawk. Fine
  Clear & cold with strong piercingly chill
N.W. [northwest] wind. Small shallow pond frozen
completely over & surface of ground hard frozen.
  A Robin close to barn & 3 Goldfinches in
lane the only small birds seen all day from our
windows. 5 Robins at Ritchie place &
several Gold-crests in Cedar Park.
At least 50 migrant Crows streaming
low down in scattered order, S.W. [southwest],
passed between 8.50 and 9 A.M. This the
first considerable south-bound flight.
  While on northern slope of Holden Hill
at 9.30 A.M. I heard the wheezy, gasping
whinney of a Red-Tailed Hawk, twice
given, & a moment later saw the bird,
a very large & fully adult [female], soaring in
narrow circles about 150 yds away & some
100 ft. above Howe's Meadow, showing her
red tail conspicuously in the sunlight every
time she wheeled. Thus circling she drifted
off out of sight north-eastward.
  In Howe's pastures a very brown young
Shrike flitted on ahead of me for several
hundred yards, keeping ever just beyond
gun range & frequently swooping down with
prompt decision to pick up something from
the ground.
  To Holden's & Ball's Hill in A.M.
Called on Mr. & Miss Howe in late P.M.
To the Lawrences after supper to hear records

Concord. A second fruitless Partridge hunt.
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, Nov. 5, 1917 [November 5, 1917] Wea [Weather] 
Meadow Lark sings on wing Perfect.
the nuptial medley song
  Glorious day, following a very cold night;
but so windless & mild that Butterflies
& Dragon Flies were on wing & Grasshoppers
active during noon day hours. Towards
sunset fields & woods alike were bathed
in warm, mellow light of wondrous 
clarity & the air every where was so calm
that trifling sounds carried afar.
  Almost all south bound autumnal
migration seems to have ceased, at least
for the present. The only small birds
near our house were 2 Juncos & a Robin.
  There were 7 Robins & 2 Jays at Ritchie place
& I heard Titlarks on wing there. A
Meadow Lark was both seen & heard as it
soared high over Howe's field across the
road, giving the twittering medley song in
full. I do not hear this often in spring &
cannot remember ever before hearing it in autumn.
  No men at work save Burbank & Zeph.
I spent much of day with them. In late
P.M. Went on Partridge Hunt with "Tim"
We flushed 3 Partridges in Cedar Park & 3
in Berry Pasture; also a cock & hen
Pheasant in Ritchie cornfield (harvested)
I had no fair chances & did not fire a shot
although Timmy worked exceeding well as well as enthusiastically, ranging
his ground closely & thorogly [thoroughly]