Concord.
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, Oct. 14, 1918 [October 14, 1918] Wea [Weather]
74 [degrees] at 1 P.M., 70 [degrees] at sunset. Fine
Early morn cloudy & somewhat foggy.
Remainder of day sunny and almost 
oppressively warm & humid with strong 
S.W. [southwest] wind shifting to W. [west] & cooler after 
sunset. Hickories shedding withered leaves.
  Heavy flight of Juncos, 25+ in orchard & 
many scattered everywhere. They came
trooping through dooryard with 15+ Robins
& and a few White throats [White-throated Sparrow]. Both species &
 one [male] Towhee bathed freely. An
unusual visitor to the dooryard was a 
Partridge flushed from lilacs at E. [east] end
near lane, 11 A.M. At Pine Ridge, I
saw Juncos & Yellow rumps [Yellow-rumped Warbler] & Brown
Creeper & heard a Ruby-crown [Ruby-crowned Kinglet] singing
very sweetly about noon. At least 2
Song Sparrows were seen in or near
our dooryard. A few Jays still
linger. They & the Crows seem chiefly
interested in getting chestnuts now.
  Spent most of day in house, writing
letters but went with Zeph to Davis Hill
& Pine Ridge in late forenoon to look 
at cord wood & plan for cutting more.

Concord
 Ther [Thermometer] Monday, Oct. 14, 1918 [October 14, 1918] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Brilliantly clear with fresh, cool N.W. [northwest]
wind but pleasingly warm sunshine.
Air filled at times with falling leaves.
  Rather many birds, mostly Juncos
with less numerous Robins, Yellow rumps [Yellow-rumped Warbler]
& Peabody birds. One Blackpoll [Blackpoll Warbler] heard.
George reports seeing at sunrise, in Howe's
woods, " an immense flock of crows
- thousands", he thought. They must have
been migrants just in from further
north. A Phoebe spent all day in our
dooryard where he seemed to be
catching many flying insects.
  While at the rear of our Bungalow
I looked off our Lawrence's broad 
grass fields eastward & presently saw
and adult [male] Marsh hawk quartering
there close to the ground. While doing so
he flushed scores of little birds that looked
in the distance like sparrows (perhaps
Juncos) but kept steadily on his way taking
no apparent heed of any of them.
  I spent entire day out of doors with
the men working close about house &
farm taking down poultry fences,
pruning trees & clearing up rubbish. Also
picked a lot of seed corn.