Cambridge - Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] SAT. AUG. 12, 1911 [Saturday, August 12, 1911] Wea. [Weather]
78 [degrees] Fine
Brilliantly clear & pleasantly warm 
with light variable winds. 
  Spent forenoon in Museum
writing letters & cheques for bills. 
Blue Jays, Crows, a Red-eye [Red-eyed Vireo], a
Goldfinch & a Flicker in Garden.
Tadpoles brought from Concord & put
in pond this spring are now Bull &
Green Frogs two of rather large size.
  Took 2.08 train to W. Bedford [West Bedford]
where Pat met me. Crossed river &
spent 3 hours at Ball's Hill. Short
bill Marsh Wren singing across river.
Walked to Farm at 6 - Saw a
Hairy [Hairy Woodpecker] & 2 [male] Tanagers in full red pl. [plumage]
Deer tracks everywhere. Saw a
Partridge eating huckleberries. Walked
to Berry Pasture after supper.
Pond dry. Great show of Cardinal
flowers there.
Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] SUN. AUG. 13, 1911 [Sunday, August 13, 1911] Wea. [Weather]
Red-tail Hawk Ant Lion in its pit  Carlisle Pines Fine
Clear & warm with little or no wind.
  Spent most of forenoon going over
the farm with James. Found things
looking fairly well despite the terrible
drought & heat of July. The grass is
green, & vegetables flourishing but many
have set no fruit as squashes, beans etc.
There are lots of apples of rather
small peaches & of delicious ripe plums.
Elm leaf beetles have scorched the foliage
of most elms which were not sprayed.
Damage by gypsys & brown tails less than 
last year. Pines in fine shape.
  The Melvins came at 2 P.M. bringing
their southern friends Major & Mrs.
Duncan. I took them to Ball's Hill
& afterwards motored with them to
Carlisle pines where I heard a Hermit 
in full song & a Red-tail Hawk
giving its braying or neighing scream a
dozen times or more. Got home at 6.30.
[margin] Found an ant lion's pit & the Ant Lion in it under the
Carlisle pines.[/margin]