Concord.
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Oct. 5, 1918 [October 5, 1918] Wea [Weather]
Dull
Cloudy & rather warm with high
southerly wind presaging rain of which
however, only a few scattered drops fell.
  Birds comparatively scarce again.
8 or 10 White-throats [White-throated Sparrow], 2 or 3 Towhees,
a Song Sparrow & a Downy [Downy Woodpecker] were all
I noticed in or near our dooryard.
Elsewhere I saw a few Crows, a
big Fish Hawk (flying straight S.W. [southwest]
over Cedar Park & Run just above the
taller tree tops at 8 A.M.) a flock of
about 30 Blackbirds (which looked &
flew like Rusties but uttered no
call notes within my hearing as the [they]
passed low & swiftly due south over
Ritchie Place), a Partridge flushed
near Pulpit Rock.
  Autumn coloring still glorious
with few trees bare as yet. It
now includes hickories, hazel &
sumacs all at their very best.
  Spent forenoon in or near house where
Burbank & Zeph were carpentering.
Zeph & I went to Ritchie place & Birch
Field in P.M.

Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, Oct. 6, 1918 [October 6, 1918] Wea [Weather]
72 [degrees] max. [maximum] Fair
Early morning cloudy with light rain falling.
Brief thunder shower at 4 P.M. Remainder
of day sunny & very warm with moderate
southerly wind. 
Autumn foliage still glorious but foliage
of red maples & gray birches falling fast
strewing the ground thickly with crimson
& golden leaves. Old gold of hickories
now at its best.
  Birds plentiful again. In our dooryard
a Robin, a Cat-bird, at least 3 Towhees &
about 15 White throats [White-throated Sparrows], 6+ Chippies [Chipping Sparrows], as many
Juncos, one Song Sparrow; at Ritchie place
a dozen or more Chippies [Chipping Sparrows] & Juncos; in
Green Field about 20 Juncos & 2 Field Sparrows;
in Birch Field a Hermit Thrush (clucking
among young pines) & a mixed flock of
5 Chickadees, one Ruby-crown [Ruby-crowned Kinglet] a Palm
Warbler & about 10 Black-polls, all
feeding together at sunset in gray birches.
Here, also, I saw 2 Great Blue Herons pass
over high in air S.W. [southwest] one following other several 
minutes later both taking exactly same course
& hainking loudly while within my hearing.
   Spent most of forenoon in house writing
letters. To Birch & Green Fields in late P.M.
Duren came down in early P.M. to get
a lot of wild apples.