Concord.
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Sept. 7, 1918 [September 7, 1918] Wea [Weather]
Fair
Mostly sunny with light, cool
northerly wind.
  Marked increase in number & variety
of birds. They included some evidently
just arrived fr. [from] further north as a flock
of 15+ Jays, a Swainson's Thrush & a
Wood Pewee. The Jays appeared all together
at 7.30 A.M. They spent whole day in
orchard & oaks behind barn, feasting on
sweet corn & acorns by turns &
making lots of noise. The Thrush was
eating elder berries flying up to pick
them fr. [from] the cymes, on wing. There
were also other birds in dooryard - a [male]
Downy [Downy Woodpecker], an ad. [adult male] Goldfinch & 3 young,
6 Towhees eating Brighton grapes, 2
Indigo birds, 2 Catbirds, 2 Song Sparrows,
6 Chippies [Chipping Sparrow] & a Wood Pewee (in lane).
Found a downy flank feather of
Great Horned Owl on lawn front of
barn, near chicken coop. How it came
there, unless shed by living bird, I cannot
imagine. Zeph claims to have heard a
big Owl hooting lately by night near Bensen's
George heard one last winter.
  Spent most of day out of doors.
picking grapes & strawberries, bird
watching etc.

Concord.
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, Sept. 8, 1918 [September 8, 1918] Wea [Weather]
Dull.
Early forenoon sunny; remainder of day
cloudy with light rain in late P.M. & eve.
Very cool. Light N.E. [northeast] wind.
  At least 20 Jays about the Farm all day
screaming, chuckling, mimicing Buteo lineatus,
flitting hither & thither near house & barn,
taking acorns from tall oaks & single kernels
from sweet corn ears, occasionally bathing.
These, without doubt, came from somewhere
further north. There seemed to be no other
migrants from that quarter. 6 or more
Towhees eating grapes, 4 Cat birds & 6
Robins feasting on elder berries, a Carolina
Nuthatch (the first noted here this year)
a Downy [Downy Woodpecker], 3 Song Sparrows, 2 Indigo birds,
a Goldfinch & a Chippy [Chipping Sparrow] paid our
dooryard more or less frequent visits.
In woodland I could find nothing
besides Crows on Oven bird & a few
Chickadees. Where are the mig. [migratory] Warblers?
  Spent most of forenoon rambling 
about Farm & woodland. In P.M. picked
2 quarts of strawberries & a pint of
raspberries. Only one motor car (Ford) &
one motor cycle passed to-day.