Cambridge
Ther. [Thermometer] SUN. JUNE 27, 1909 [Sunday, June 27, 1909] Wea. [Weather] 
Clear & warm.
Cloudless with light W. [west] wind.
Decidedly cool, yet warm even
for a June day.
  Purdie [Henry A. Purdie], George Deane & I went
to Waverley at 9.30 A.M. to see
a nest of red-headed Woodpeckers
which Nelson reported to me Friday.
It is in a basswood standing on the
sidewalk within 25 ft. [ 25 feet] of an occupied
house in the recent settlement known
as Trapelo Heights Park. Saw one
bird fly from hole & the other take its
place. Told that birds first appeared &
began to drill hole about June 1.
Got back at 11. Spent rest of day
writing letters in Museum. Purdie & 
I called at the Geo. Deanes again at
8.30 seeing Martha, Ruthven's wife [Ruthven Deane's wife],
this time. Walter & Margie [Walter & Margie Deane] there & Mary [Mary Deane].
Cambridge - Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] MON. JUNE 28, 1909 [Monday, June 28, 1909] Wea. [Weather] 
Partly cloudy.
Forenoon cloudy; afternoon sunny.
Very warm & humid with light S.W. [southwest] wind.
  Purdie, Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert] & I, with the dog Larry,
took 9.08 A.M. train to W. Bedford [West Bedford]
where we crossed to Ball's Hill. Spent
forenoon there, opening cabins, launching
canoes etc. The trees looked well at first
sight for the brown-tails [brown-tail moths] were utterly
annihilated by Thaxter before doing any
harm but, as I soon found, gypsy
moths have replaced them in numerous
numbers and are fast devastating everything
even my pines & hemlocks. In the woods
at the farm which we visited in afternoon
they have already stripped hundreds of 
large oaks & many small pines. It looks 
like speedy & utter ruin to all my woods.
Gilbert started a small Deer behind Ball's
Hill. John says 4 Deer have been haunting
the hill of late. I heard the love song of a
Screech Owl at the Farm about 6 P.M. with 
sun shining brightly