Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, Oct. 7, 1918 [October 7, 1918] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Early morning cloudy. Remainder of
day brilliantly clear with warm
sunshine & cool north-east wind.
Maples & birches shedding fast,
some already bare. Hickories still
solidly draped in old green foliage,
Oaks in unchanged Summer green.
  Not many birds about the Farm
or its bordering woodland. A 
Cat bird, 2 Towhus, a Song Sparrow
& several White-throats [White-throated Sparrow] visited our
dooryard pool to bathe. A Phoebe
came to the locut [locust] tree by dining
room window & I heard another at
Ritchie place. Juncos to the
number of a dozen or so rose from
a bed of millet in the orchard. I 
heard one Jay & saw a few Crows.
About 3 Black-polls [Blackpoll Warbler] seen or heard.
One Yellow rump in Cedar Park.
Spent entire day out of doors
about Farm & Ritchie place. Burbank
& George picking apples, Zeph cutting down
big oaks at rear of barn.
Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Oct. 8, 1918 [October 8, 1918] Wea [Weather]
32 [degrees], 62 [degrees] Glorious
Absolutely cloudless skies & pellucid air,
warm sunshine and light, cool easterly
wind combined to make a perfect day
of mid-October type. Everything white
with hoar frost at daybreak but it
did little damage to our flowers etc.
  Comparatively few birds. 2 Towhees &
half a dozen White-throats [White-throated Sparrow] visited the bathing
pool to have a dip. Several Juncos in the
orchard. A Downy [Downy Woodpecker] near house 3 or 4
Yellow-rumps [Yellow-rumped Warbler] & as many Black-polls [Blackpoll Warbler]
feeding in gray birch tops in Birch Field.
2 Jays plucking chestnuts near spring.
Crows more numerous than usual &
extremely noisy making the still air
resound with loud cawing. At Birch Field
I heard the bird that says ca-ca.
Titlarks & Rusty Blackbirds heard there on
wing.
Spent forenoon in Birch Field and
neighboring woodland enjoying the perfect
weather & glorious autumn coloring, marking 
trees to be cut etc. In P.M. I was similarly 
employed with Zeph, nearer house.