Bethel
Wea. [Weather] TUES. [Tuesday] JULY 21, 1908 Ther. [Thermometer]
  Partly cloudy, rather warm. Light W. [west] wind.
To the Shack at 10 A.M. No one else
except the Doctor goes there at this season
because of the mosquitoes; yet they are not really
numerous. The woods are beautiful. I hear
cicadas there now. Bird singing declining fast 
but Red-eyes & Cuckoos still to be heard at all
hours & Thrushes and Peabody birds at evening. 
A few small mixed flocks of Warblers and Titmice
among the alder thickets. No sign of any migration 
from further north as yet. 
  Walked to the post office in P.M.
Spent most of evening talking with Dr. Mc.Burney [Dr. McBurney]. 

Wea. [Weather] WEDNESDAY 22 [July 22, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Heavy rain all last night & a drizzle this 
morning.  Sun out before noon. Afternoon clear, 
calm, humid. 
  Walked down town to Clint. Barker's this 
forenoon wearing an iron in my left shoe. 
It seemed to ease the pain in my leg. In
the village elms two Warbling Vireos, singing 
in an apple orchard behind the library 
a House Wren in full song the latter
bird doubtless the one I heard last June. 
  To Shack in late afternoon. Found a
man sawing wood there so returned at once
Dr. Arms of Cleveland dined with us & spent 
[margin]the evening. Has served 4 years under
General Custer.[/margin]

Bethel.
Wea. [Weather] THUR. [Thursday] JULY 23, 1908 Ther. [Thermometer]
  Sunny, hot, humid. Distant thunder. 
  To Clint Barker's, on errand for Dr. G, 
at 10 A.M. Returned via Chapman and Mason 
Sts. where I saw a big pitch pine (perhaps
planted originally) and a bird house on 
a barn with a female Martin and some House
Sparrows hovering about it.  A woman told 
me that this box had been tenanted by
Martins for at least twelve years. She thought
there were a number of pairs there this season. 
  Went to Shack in P.M. Woods dead silent. 
Saw 4 Redstarts and 2 Magnolia W. [magnolia warbler] bathing in pool. 

Wea. [Weather] FRIDAY 24 [July, 24, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Partly cloudy. Hot and sultry. 
  Walked to Paradise Hill at 10 A.M.
Only a few birds singing, among them
 two Grass Finches.  The recent rains have
helped vegetation but the fields are still
parched and brown. 
  To Shack at 5 P.M. No birds singing 
there but a few Warblers chirping in the
dense midsummer foliage. Martins & Cedar
birds calling overhead.  Myriads of tiny 
toads everywhere through the woods. 
At 9 P.M. heard a Night Heron quack several 
times. It was evidently flying over Dr. G's place
to the Mill Pond below the Shack.