Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, June 11, 1915 Wea [Weather]
Fair
Mostly sunny but rather hazy.
Warm with strong southerly wind.
A few rain drops at evening.
  Waking at day break I listened 
attentively to a beautiful chorus
of bird music. Robins began it when
there was scarce a trace of light in
the east. They were followed by Cat
birds, Chippies [Chipping Sparrow], Song Sparrows, W. Pewee [Wood Pewee]
Maryland Yellow-throats & a Kingbird.
All these were heard before the
Whippoorwill joined in. Oriole
began later.
  Most of our local birds sang
freely through day. The only one I
expected to hear but failed to was
the Tanager. All the rest seem to 
have escaped injury from spraying.
But something untoward has happened
to our Tree Swallows. I left 4 breeding
pairs here on the 3rd but can see only
one nest - in box on grape arbor.
Spent most of day working in
flower garden with Burbank & George.
Walked through Berry Pas. [Berry Pasture] Thought I 
heard Mourning Warbler sing there.

Concord (Farm & Fairhaven Bay)
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, June 12, 1915 Wea [Weather]
Pair of breeding White-thr Sparrows [White-throated Sparrow] Fine
Clear and warm with high N.W. [northwest] wind.
  Spent most of day at Farm. In forenoon
supervised erection of a chicken fence.
In afternoon sprayed grafts in Berry
Pasture & some infested branch in
Cedar Park. Most of our spraying has
proved very effective this year. Few 
places in or near the Farm show much
badly eaten foliage.
  Motored to Concord at 5 P.M. to go
with Dexter [Smith Owen Dexter] to the Shaw places south
of Fairhaven Bay. Took Harry Richardson
with us. Dexter had heard one & he thought
two White-throated Sparrows there on the 10th.
One began singing soon after we reached
there. He had a rather thin, weak voice
but proved to be a very handsome adult.
We finally found him & his mate, a dull [female],
among dense young white pines & ground
juniper on steep hillside close to driveway &
near hause. Both birds very tame & anxious
coming close & chirping incessantly. Without
question they had a nest, probably with young,
close by. Saw [female] Tanger go on nest in
white pine within 15 ft. of house. Nighthawk
peeping. Towhee & Field Sp. [Field Sparrow] singing. Home by 7.30.
[margin]At 2 P.M. started Woodcock, ad. [male adult], in Berry Pasture where cart road crosses back. This was
where I saw borings & chalkings last April (26).