Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Nov. 12, 1918 [November 12, 1918] Wea [Weather]
20 [degrees] 42 [degrees] Fine
Clear & cold but almost windless.
White frost at sunrise & surfaces of ground
hard frozen, remaining so in shaded
places all day. Decidedly coldest
weather thus far this autumn.
  The present cold wave seems to have
banished most of our few remaining 
migratory birds without bringing any
others from further north. 2 Goldfinches, 
5 or 6 Juncos, a Tree Sparrow & 2 or 3
Crows make up the full list of everything
seen or heard to-day. Apparently the
late autumnal flights are over or
nearly so.
  Spent most of day working with
Burbank & George about the Farm.
Zeph away yesterday & to-day.
Smith Dexter came down to dine
with me. We had a long talk & a
short out-of-door ramble.
Gardiner Lawrence called this eve [evening] to
solicit subs. [subscriptions] for United War Work Cam [United War Work Campaign].
He got $25.

Concord. Deer at the Farm & Carlisle.
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1918 [November 13, 1918] Wea [Weather]
30 [degrees] Fair
Partly sunny, mostly cloudy. Very chilly
with light easterly wind. Everything
white with hoar frost at daybreak.
  Hardly any birds. 2 Chickadees in the
big elm, 5 Tree Sparrows in field front
of house, a Jay flying over it, one or
two Crows on wing - these were
literally all I saw or heard.
  Zeph saw 4 Deer together in a field
in Carlisle, yesterday. This afternoon I
found perfectly fresh tracks of at least
two large ones, in our orchard where
they had crossed a piece of recently
ploughed ground, on the run.
  Several Gray Squirrels haunting the
Farm & one big one our dooryard. I
have not molested them this autumn.
They are now greatly outnumbered by
Red Squirrels. They come close about house,
four living in wood pile, one in barn.
  Spent entire day working with all
three men about the Farm. We cleared
up a lot of rubbish, hauled in wood,
& did a little ploughing.