Concord
Ther [ Thermometer] Monday, Sept. 9, 1918 [September 9, 1918] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear & Cool with light northerly wind.
Heavy rainfall thro [through] last night.
  Little change in bird life here a bouts
from day to day. Besides the noisy
Jays, still present in only slightly
lessened numbers, there was one other
bird fr [from] further north, presumably, a
Red-bellied Nuthatch, in red pines near
Ritchie Place. I saw there on wing a
flock of 12 Bluebirds accompanied by
at least 25 Chippies [Chipping Sparrow], all streaming
low northward over fields & woods.
Our dooryard birds included 2 or 3
Cat birds, several Towhees & Chippies [Chipping Sparrow],
2 Indigo birds & a Flicker - besides
the Jays.
  All the young Green frogs have left the pond
in front of house perhaps because of a
large Garter Snake seen there yesterday.
  Spent most of forenoon at Ritchie's
place with Burbank & Zeph removing
lumber from shed, most of afternoon
at Farm with Zeph who repaired
rustic house & camp.

Concord. (Farm & Ball's Hill)
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Sept. 10, 1918 [September 10, 1918] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear & warm with light, soft, southerly
wind all day followed by bracingly
cool & fresh north-west wind at evening.
  Few birds noted about Farm & all
those of summer resident kinds. They
included a Robin, 2 Cat-birds, a [female]
Maryland Yellow-throat, all seen or 
heard close about house. The Jays
seem to have passed on & the Towhees
no longer trouble the grapes perhaps
because I have partly covered two of 
the best-bearing vines with canvas.
A brown Marsh Hawk, hunting for
prey, skimmed low over cornfield
at Ritchie place while I was there
at 8.30 A.M.
  Spent forenoon at Ball's Hill with
Zeph & Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert], clearing out a lot of
things from abandoned camps.
While there noted only 3 birds, a
Crow, a Kingfisher & a Hairy Woodpecker.
Worked in flower beds in P.m.
To Ritchie place at evening.