Concord  
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Nov. 16, 1918 [November 16, 1918] Wea [Weather]
Fair
Partly sunny but mostly thin cloudy.
Very mild with little or no wind.
  Near house 12+ Juncos & a single
Pine Grosbeak the latter perched on
topmost twig of elm, whistling loudly, 
but showing no color against a white
clouded sky. A single Jay & several
Crows. At 11 A.M. the distant
honking of Geese came to my ears as 
I was at work in our shed. Running
out I soon saw the birds & counted
24. They were strung out in single file
& flying S.W. [southwest] at a height so great
that they looked no bigger than Pigeons.
& so very swiftly that they passed out
of sight in a minute or two.
  In Birch Field I heard 2 Jays &
saw a Hermit Thrush among young pines.
  This, my last day at the Farm, was
a very busy one. Spent forenoon in &
near house putting things away for the
winter. Zeph & I went to Birch Field
& Prescott pines in late P.M., planning
for cutting wood etc.

Concord - Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, Nov. 17, 1918 [November 17, 1918] Wea [Weather]
Stormy
Dark cloudy, foggy, calm & mild. Light rain
falling this forenoon, heavy & continuous downpour
in afternoon & evening.
  October Farm. 7-9 A.M. Several Juncos in dooryard,
cock Pheasants in field front of house, 2 or 3 
Crows cawing in distance.
Near Carlisle Bridge, 3 Fox Sparrows.
  Cambridge Garden (11 A.M.) 2 Chickadees by
Museum gate, Brown Creeper in lilacs, im. [immature]
White-throated Sparrow, 33 (counted) Pine
Linnets clustering thickly in top of fruiting
Paper Birch, eating its seeds in silence.
  At 9.45 A.M. Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] & I closed the old
farm house for the winter & started for
Cambridge by Bedford, Shawsheen Valley &
Arlington route. Reached home about 11.
Miss Allyn at dinner. Wrote letters
after it. John Reed's son called at
4 P.M. to solicit sub. [subscription] for War Relief
fund. Gave him cheque for $50.
E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] read David Copperfield after supper.