Cambridge.
Wea. [Weather] Mon. [Monday] Sept. 7, 1908 [September 7, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Brilliantly clear with fresh, cool N.W. [northwest] wind.
  To Cambridge by 8.13 A.M train. C. [Caroline Brewster] & E.R.S. [Elizabeth Simmons]
returned from Northampton Saturday night, & I
found them at the house. Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] & I brought down 
a lot of peaches, melons, eggs etc. this morning.  
Found a pair of Carolina Wrens in the Garden.
Heard the first about 10 A.M. in rhododendrons
under my study window. Saw or heard them
later in lilacs rear of house, in hemlocks by clothes yard.
Got Walter Deane at his house & showed them to him
made the [male] sing by whistling to him. Spent most
of forenoon with them, of afternoon writing in Museum.

Wea. [Weather] Tuesday 8 [September 8, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Brilliantly clear with light W. [west] wind. Cool.
  Found in the garden at 9 A.M. the pair 
of Carolina Wrens seen there yesterday, 3 Black-
poll Warblers, 2 Red-eyed Vireos, 4 Robins.
  In P.M. saw there 2 Water Thrushes & a
Connecticut Warbler (my first local record). Heard
Crows cawing there at sunset. The Conn. Warbler [Connecticut warbler]
was in the Jungle. I had a fine view of it
(see Journal). At 10 A.M. I drove in a 
coupe to Irvings stable on Concord Ave. (where I 
heard another Carolina Wren (see Journal) thence to
Mus. Comp. Zoo. [Museum of Comparative Zoology] where I saw Faxon & Henshaw
Had hair cut at Harvard Sq. [Harvard Square]. Spent P.M. writing.
Purdie [Henry A. Purdie], Sam Henshaw, Walter & Margie Deane dined
with C. [Caroline Brewster] E.R.S. [Elizabeth Simmons] & me at 7 P.M.

Cambridge - Concord.
Wea. [Weather] Wed. [Wednesday] Sept. 9, 1908 [September 9, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Brilliantly clear with light S.W. [southwest] wind.
  Purdie came out at 9 A.M. to see
The Carolina wrens. We found them in
the N.W. [northwest] corner of Garden. The [male] sang a
number of times. Purdie spent whole 
forenoon. C. [Caroline] told E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] & me she did
not feel strong enough to attempt to run
the house this winter & that she had
decided to close it in October. I
lunched with them both on back piazza
& took 2.08 train for Concord.
Sailed down river to Davis Hill before supper
& walked to Holden Hill after supper.

[Weather] Thursday 10 [September 10, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Sunny but densely hazy. Very warm. Light S.W. [southwest] wind.
  Spent day across river working with
James, George & Pat on the boat pit near
stone boat house. We enlarged it & then
planked the sides. I shall put a floating
boat house there later on.
  Bobolinks heard passing over high from sunrise
to 10 A.M. A Tanager calling chip-cheer 7 A.M.
A few Warblers about probably Black-polls.
Paddled up river to the Lagoon & beyond at
sunset. Saw a Red Wing & a Marsh Wren.
As twilight was falling a Whippoorwill across the
River from Ball's Hill sung 153 notes without
pause & a little later 64 notes.