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Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, Oct. 3, 1918 [October 3, 1918] Wea [Weather]
70 [degrees], 60 [degrees] Autumn coloring Fair
Mostly sunny, partly thin cloudy.
Very warm & humid. Light W. [west] wind.
Hylas calling, Tree Crickets chiping [chirping]
listlessly towards evening.
  Of dooryard birds I noted 2 Cat birds,
a Robin, 2 Towhees, about 15 White thr.
Sparrows [White-throated Sparrow], 1 Song sparrow, 3 Goldfinches,
a Tanager & a Sapsucker. Also
heard occasional chips presumably
uttered by one or more Black-polls [Blackpoll Warbler].
A few Juncos flushed in weedy places.
A Fish Hawk passed at 8 A.M.,
flying straight & fast S.W. [southwest], not
more than 50 ft. [feet] above the taller trees.
Head a Pheasant crow once - 4 P.M.
  Zeph & George renewing worn out
planking of entrance to Ritchie barn.
I was with them much of day.
Also roamed around enjoying the
splendid show of autumn coloring.
It now includes the hickories, sumacs
hazel etc as well as maples & ivy.
Rarely if ever have I seen it more brilliant here.

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Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Oct. 4, 1918 [October 4, 1918] Wea [Weather]
38 [degrees], 64 [degrees] Fine
Brilliantly clear with brisk, dry
westerly wind. Rather warm thro [through] day.
Hoar frost at sunrise.
  Cat birds apparently gone, also Chippies [Chipping Sparrow].
Other dooryard birds nearly same in
numbers & variety as for several days past.
They included a Robin, Thrasher (in
brush at rear of old barn), a Song Sparrow,
about 15 White throats [White-throated Sparrow], 2 Towhees (a
third at Ritchie place), an Indigo bird,
a silent Phoebee [Phoebe] (in elm, also near
barn cellar). Two Song Sparrows singing
brokenly at Ritchie place. Swainson's
Thrush in cedar Park (well seen & call
note heard). Red-bellied Nuthatch
heard in trees over road near big elm.
  Red Squirrels abundant all over
the place. 4 or 5 living in wood pile
close to house. A good many Chipmunks.
Very few Grays. Our fine cornfield
at Ritchie place seems not to be much
raided by anything as yet.
  Spent forenoon at Ritchie place where
we finished grading driveway to barn;
afternoon in Berry Pasture cutting
brush with Zeph.