Concord.
Wea. [Weather] Sat. [Saturday] Aug. 11, 1906 [August 11, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Partly cloudy. Sultry. S.W. [southwest] wind.
  To Concord with Gilbert by 8.34
A.M. train. Crossed river to
Ball's Hill where I am to stay
on Sunday.  James & Charley
came down after dinner &
worked with Forbush. We dug
down under the retreat & lowered
it about two feet. Very few
birds about. Mosquitos & deer
flies about done.

Wea. [Weather] Sunday 12 [August 12, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear & very warm with light
W. [west] wind.
  Spent A.M. working about
the cabins with Forbush. [?]
came at 2 P.M. & I took him
to the farm to see the big elms
which I shall have him prune &
mend next month. Saw two
young Cooper's Hawks in Green field.
They perched on fence posts & flew
down to the ground well out in
the field alighting in the grass.
The river alive with people to-day.

Cambridge.
Wea. [Weather] Mon. [Monday] Aug. [August] 13, 1906 Ther. [Thermometer]
  Brilliantly clear with cool N.E. [northeast] wind.
  Gilbert & I returned to Cambridge
by 8.13 train from W. Bedford [West Bedford].
  Spent most of day in Museum writing
letters. In late P.M. took a drive with
C. [Caroline], Mrs. Thayer, and E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons]. We went
first through the riverside drive & Soldiers Field
where I saw a Sparrow Hawk & 9 Crows
and next around Fresh Pond where I saw 2
Kingfishers, 2 Spotted Sandpipers & 1 Barn Swallow.
E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] took tea with us. Miss Lois Howe and Miss Holt
called at 8 P.M.

Wea. [Weather] Tuesday 14 [August 14, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear, calm, warmer.
  To Mus. Comp. Zool, [Museum of Comparative Zoology] at 10 A.M,
walking down. Took my lunch & worked
on the birds until 4 P.M. when C. [Caroline]
came for me with the summer cariole
& Betty horse. Saw Mr. Agassiz and
Faxon in P.M. Heard a Yellow billed
Cuckoo sing once, a Grosbeak click several
 times & a Red-eye scold repeatedly all 
in the Museum grounds.
  Walter & Margie Deane called at 8 P.M.