Friday, May 29, 1868.
  A.M. clear. P.M.
cloudy. Ther. about
60[degrees] - 70[degrees] - 65[degrees].
Rose as usual and
exercised the dogs after
breakfast. Then stuffed
a male Night Hawk
shot yesterday & also
a male Blk. Thrt. Green
Warbler. Was just finishing
the latter when Dan
came. Started at 3 P.M.
& rode up to Concord
with him. Put
the horse in the stables of
the Middlesex Hotel.
Read and talked most
of the evening.
Saturday, May 30, 1868.
  The first still day that
we have had for some
time. Ther. About  50[degrees] - 60[degrees] - 
60[degrees]. A.M. cloudy. Rained
hard in the latter part
of P.M. Got up at 7 A.M.
& carried Dan's grandfather
to the depot. Then took the
boat and sailed up to
Fairhaven Bay. Found a
Phoebe's nest fastened on a
rock and ready for the eggs.
Found seven or eight Red
Wings containing more
or less eggs all fresh. Went
ashore & Dan shot a R. Breast
Grosbeak with my gun. Found
a Mottled Owls nest in a
Woodpecker's hole with 4 young
& the old Owl - a red one - on.
Took two young ones. Took
a young crow also from
its nest containing 5. Rode
about Concord in P.M. Dan
stuffed his Grosbeak in the evening.