Concord.
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Sept. 21, 1918 [September 21, 1918] Wea [Weather]
Fair
Forenoon dark cloudy with several 
light showers. Afternoon brilliantly
clear with fresh, cool N.W. [northwest] wind.
Raining very heavily all last night.
  More birds in evidence but only three
obviously from further north, viz
a Junco, a Black Poll & a Thrush
that looked like a Swainson's but 
was not certainly recognized as such.
There was one other and that a
splendid Osprey soaring in narrow
circles high over Pulpit Rock woods,
all the while drifting southward
before northerly wind. Thus passing
he was watched by me for several
minutes. in bright sunshine, at 3.30 P.M.
A Hummer at the salvias. One Robin
on lawn. Cat birds, Towhees, Chippies [Chipping Sparrow]
& Jays as for a week or more past.
  Burbank & I spent forenoon in house
sheating [sheathing] garret & flooring back entry.
Zeph & I burned brush in P.M.
George returned last night from
a spree begun a week ago yesterday.

Concord.
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, Sept. 22, 1918 [September 22, 1918] Wea [Weather]
Light inroad of migrant Warblers Fine
Brilliantly clear with warm sun &
cool N.W. [northwest] wind. Hard frost last night
in neighboring places but none here.
(Hodgman says water froze at his farm)
  Marked increase in numbers & variety
of small birds including some evidently
just arrived from further north as a
Swainson's Thrush, Tennessee Warbler,
Water Thrush, 3 Black Polls, 2 Redstarts
(one ad. [male adult]), 2 Juncos. Most of these were
in Cedar Park. Our dooryard frequented
by the usual mob of Cat birds, Chippies [Chipping Sparrow] &
Goldfinches with one song Sparrow. No
Towhees there but three heard elsewhere in
woodland. Started 3 Partridges, one in
Cedar Park, another near Pulpit Rock,
third in Prescott Pines. Saw [male]
Cooper's Hawk flying S. [south] low & swiftly
with incessant wing beats. Fewer Jays.
Spent entire forenoon in woods, visiting
Berry Pasture, the Run, Birch Field &
Prescott pines. In P.M. wrote letters,
picked strawberries (almost 3 quarts),
& visited Ritchie place.

C. [Caroline Brewster] called me by tel. [telephone] to say she read several lines of book print yesterday.