Bethel.
Wea. [Weather] MON. [Monday] JULY 13, 1908 Ther. [Thermometer]
Clear & hot with fresh S.W. [Southwest] wind.
  Spent day in and about house
going no further away than to
the orchard whence, at evening,
I heard, in the direction of the
Doctor's woods, the songs of at
least three Hermit Thrushes and
one Swainson's. A Veery sings every
evening near our house. I saw a flock
of about a dozen Browned Grackles
dash past it this evening flying south.

Wea. [Weather] TUESDAY 14 [July 14,1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Sunny but hazy. Warm. Light thunder
shower at 7 P.M. Cooler afterwards.
  Spent most of day in house. Walked
to Shack in forenoon. At 5 P.M. started
for Songo Pond with Dr. G. [Gehring]. Road frightfully
dusty, fields brown but woods green.
  Full colony of Martins at farm where we
called to get oars & key to boat. It was the
same old scow we have had in former years.
In it we rowed across to the inlet &
fished there a long time catching only one
small fish - a perch. Afterwards rowed up
the head the Doctor casting for bass but
getting no bites. Hermit Thrushes singing
[margin]everywhere. One Scarlet Tanager heard
& 2 Night hawks seen. Got back at dusk.[/margin]

Bethel.
Wea. [Weather] WED. [Wednesday] JULY 15, 1908 Ther. [Thermometer]
Clear & cool with high N.W. [Northwest] wind.
  Went to the Shack in forenoon and
did some writing there. In afternoon
the Doctor gave me a "treatment" which
included alternating hot & cold water showering.
At 5 P.M. I called on Miss True.
Spent most of evening with the Doctor,
in his den, talking.
Robins, Hermits, Vireos, Red-eyes &
Purple Finches sing freely not far from the
house. At evening we hear from one to
three Whippoorwills.

Wea. [Weather] THURSDAY 16 [July 16, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Partly cloudy; still cooler; high N.W. [Northwest] wind.
  To the Shack at 10 A.M. After
writing there for an hour made entire
circuit of the Doctor's woods. Saw family
party of Mniotiltas, five in number.
Red-eyes singing everywhere. Found fresh
body feather of Woodcock in path. One of
these birds flushed by Dr. Mc.Burney [McBurney]
not far from Shack today.
  Called on Mrs. Herrick in late P.M.
In evening went with Dr. Gehring, Mr. Barry
& Pruddens to Odeon Hall to hear Kellogg.
It was a "fake" performance but amusing.