South Yarmouth.
Ther. [Thermometer] FRI. [Friday] AUG. 18, 1911 [August 18, 1911] Wea. [Weather]
Fair
Partly sunny, largely cloudy. Heavy thunder
showers after 8 P.M.. Rather warm all day
  With the Stones and Will's daughter Mary
I spent most of A.M. in a canoe on
Bass River. We paddled up as far
as the Golf Links against a strong
off tide which brought us back rather
easily despite a fresh S.E [southeast] wind. There
was no wind when we started, however.
Saw several Kingfishers, a number of
White-bellied Swallows & a Green Heron
& and Fish Hawk. Heard a Bal. Oriole [Baltimore Oriole] in full
song. It had a flute-like contralto
voice very like an English Blackbird's
& like the bird's Faxon & I heard in Saybrook.
We got back about noon. In late P.M
went with Mr. Frothingham to see his
collection of young pines. He has P.
banksiana [Pinus banksiana] flourishing in sand & beach groves
Mosquitos swarming & ravenous. Big
green grasshoppers shrilling on every
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South Yarmouth.
Ther. [Thermometer] SAT. [Saturday] AUG. 19, 1911 [August 19, 1911] Wea. [Weather]
Brilliantly clear with high, cool N.W
wind. A beautiful & delightfully cool day.
  With the Stones, Mary Lewis, Miss Davis
& Miss Garrison, I walked to Swan Pond
& beyond this forenoon. In pitch pine woods
came upon two mixed flocks of small birds
One contained 5 or 6 chickadees & 2 Pine Warblers
the other several Chickadees at least 6 or 8
Pine Warblers, 3 or 4 Prairie Warblers & one
Blackburnian W. [Blackburnian Warbler] [female] juv. [juvenile]. Soaring high over
the pond, breasting the strong wind, was a very
large Bald Eagle in uniformly dark plumage
Found 2 young Blue Jays, bob-tailed & saw
crests, sitting together in a pine low down.
Later in P.M, the Stones, Mary Lewis & I all
went out in the canoe. The tide was
nearly high, wind almost all gone, sky
filled with glorious cloud masses. The
sunset was wonderfully fine with a rain-
bow thrown in. We went out into the
sound & through marsh creeks almost to
light house. Saw a Bittern, more than a
dozen Green Herons, 2 Ring-necks, 4 Peeps
several Sharp-tailed Finches perched in
tops of grasses. Got back at 7 P.M.