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Ther. [Thermometer] TUES. [Tuesday] MAY 18, 1909 Wea. [Weather]
Clear
Clear & cool with light E. [East]
wind. A beautiful day.
Yellow rump heard [in full song] Parula [in full song]
Nest Solitary Vireo 3 eggs.
  Spent most of day at
Ball's Hill. Billcliffe & John
working on floating boat house,
Pat & James on steps at new cabin
& on our old sculling float.
Sailed down river to Birch Id. [Birch Island]
at 4.30. 2 Bitterns pumping
below Davis Hill. Lots of Swallows
but few Swifts. Landed at island
& walked through oak woods to
Green Field. Heard Solitary Vireos
scolding a Jay & quickly found their
nest with 3 pretty eggs. Birch Id. [Birch Island] &
Mason oaks badly infested by
gypsy moths. Saw hundreds of their
nests all hatched out.

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Ther. [Thermometer] WED. [Wednesday] MAY 19, 1909  Wea. [Weather]
Partly cloudy.
Cool with fresh E. [East] wind & only
intermittent sunshine.
  Spent day at Ball's Hill.
We finished the floating boat
house & got it on the logs
which support it well.
Also finished the renovation of
an old sculling float.
A Snipe drummed from 7.30 to
8. I paddled across the river
but could not see him. Saw
a pair of Green Herons & a 
Black Duck which alighted
in the meadow. About 40
Swifts over Ball's Hill. Snipe 
drumming again at 5 to 5.30.
Sailed up to Lagoon where I
had a fine view of him watching
him circle & dip for 15 minutes.