Concord, June 12, (Sunday) 1904 [June 12, 1904]
  Brilliantly clear with light S.E. [southeast] wind. Cool. 
  In A.M. went to Davis & Ball's Hill with 
Forbush to lay out & explain his summer's work. 
There were many boats & launches on the river but we
saw no one ashore. Birds seemed to me scarce in
the Balls & Davis Hills region. 
  Wrote letters after dinner. About 4 P.M. started
for a walk. Went through Pulpit Rock woods to Birch Field
& back through Barrett oaks. Cut two small pines for 
towel racks.
  To Ritchie place at evening. Started a Woodcock from 
a potato patch in the hollow behind the barn. (It is quite wet now)