Cambridge - Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Nov. 24, 1917 [November 24, 1917] Wea [Weather] 
Fair
Partly sunny, mostly cloudy with occasional
sprinkles of rain drops or flurries of large
snow flakes. Light cold N.W. [northwest] wind.
  In Cabridge [Cambridge] Garden (8-9 A.M.): - a
Chickadee and a Gold-crest [Golden-crowned Kinglet] heard; a
Peabody-bird & 2 Tree Sparrows seen 
in lilacs at rear of house.
  At October Farm, Concord. 4 Robins
running on ground in garden &
strawberry bed; a Chickadee, a
Gold crest [Golden-crowned Kinglet] & 7 Juncos together in
Cedar Park; a Goldfinch & a Crow
at Ritchie place; a hen Paridge [Partridge]
started in Run & another by river
near Ball's Hill.
  2 Gray Squirrels near farm house, two
more at Ritchie place.
  Leaving Cambridge at 10.45 Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert]
& I motored to Concord via Arlington,
Burlington & Bedford. 5 Crows in
a field & 50+ Black Ducks in
Fresh Pond the only birds seen.
  Spent entire afternoon in woods
at Holden's Hill & elsewhere along river
gathering ground pine of three kinds
for Christmas green. Burbank &
George helped me.

Concord - Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, Nov. 25, 1917 [November 25, 1917] Wea [Weather]
20 [degrees] Last fall bearing strawberries. Fine
Ladies delights still blooming freely.
  Brilliantly clear & frostily cold with
keen, strong north-west wind. Surface
of ground & of shallow pools, hard frozen.
Many purple ladies delights in bloom front of house.
Picked some; also 9 ripe strawberries - all for C. [Caroline Brewster]
At October Farm: A Junco on well curb
near house, 3 others and a Blue Jay at
Ritchie place.
Cambridge Garden: 2 Chickadees & a 
Peabody bird.
  Starting about 9.30 A.M. George Baker & I
walked through Pulpit Rock woods to Birch
Field, also visiting Ritchie place. The sun
was warm, the northerly wind icy cold, the
air exceedingly pure & bracing, the woods
most enchanting to behold in the clear
pale sunlight. Saw 3 Gray Squirrels but
no birds whatever except near our house &
at Ritchie place.
  Leaving Farm at 11.25 Gilbert & I
motored back to Cambridge via Bedford,
Lexington & Arlington. One Black Duck in
Smith's Pond, 50+ in Fresh Pond.
  Miss Allyn dined with us. C. [Caroline Brewster] went in
town with Miss Henders to St. Paul's church.