Concord (Farm & Ball's Hill)
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, Sept. 29, 1918 [September 29, 1918] Wea [Weather]
Perfect.
Heavenly sort of Indian summer-like
day, the cloudless sky a tender blue,
the air soft & warm, a moderate
westerly wind blowing steadily.
Red maples & poison ivy ablaze
with autumnal coloring, high blueberry
bushes already deep wine red. This
is evidently about the height of the
first stage of autumn's glory.
  Local breeding birds of several kinds
still lingering rather numerously about
our dooryard. Of migrants from
further north I saw there at 8 A.M.:
4 Black poll Warblers in a locust,
at evening a Swainson's Thrush in
bird bath. Also heard flight call of Titlark. Our woodlands seemed
utterly deserted save by Crows & Jays.
A single Rusty Grackle in Ritchie cornfield.
  Spent most of day out of doors
visiting Ritchie place (twice), Berry
Pasture & Birch Field. Duren
came down in forenoon. We had
a long talk & he gave me much
friendly & valuable advice in re farming
matters.

Concord 
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, Sept. 30, 1918 [September 30, 1918] Wea [Weather]
Perfect.
A near duplicate of yesterday as
respected wind & weather but not
quite so warm.
  Dooryard birds mostly Chippies [Chipping Sparrow] (about a
dozen) & White-throats [White-throated Sparrow] (some 5 or 6). Only
one Robin, Cat bird & Song Sparrow; apparently
no Towhees. A Nuthatch in elm behind
house, a Flicker & a young [female] Sapsucker
in elms over lane. Afterwards I saw the
Sapsucker in orchard trees. He (or she) kept
up a frequent low tapping.
  Shortly after breakfast time I saw a
flock of about 15 Rusty Grackles flying
low towards corn patch in Berry Pasture
and somewhat later a [female] Pigeon Hawk
flying swiftly, with ceaseless wing beats,
over field in front of house, just
above tops of trees & straight over S.W. [southwest].
One Warbler (probably Black-poll) heard.
  Spent day picking Wealthy apples,
with Gilbert's [Robert A. Gilbert] help, from tree behind house.
It yielded about 8 bushels of the
finest fruit it has ever bourn [borne]
George & Burbank began picking Baldwins.