Concord (Farm)
Ther  [Thermometer] Tuesday, Aug. 24, 1915 [August 24, 1915] Wea. [Weather] 
Fine
Almost a perfect duplicate of yesterday,
equally warm & humid but with more 
& fresher westerly wind.
  Continued dearth of bird life. Heard
Bluebirds & Bobolinks calling through day
at infrequent intervals & the twittering of
a Swift (very high overhead) in forenoon.
Only a Red-eye [Red-eyed Vireo] sang & he but feebly.
Wren still feeding young in orchard. A Pheasant
called once at sunset. Barn Swallows
migrating S.W. [southwest] all day in small, straggling
flocks. In Cedar Park a hen Partridge,
fully grown, flew from high blueberry to
dead branch & sat there looking at me 20' [20 feet] off.
Rabbit 2/3 grown on lawn last eve. [evening] & near barn
late this afternoon.
  Water everywhere, filling brooks, ponds
& swamps brim full, flooding river meadows
& making even our best-drained slopes
positively boggy still. Mosquitos everywhere
in myriads & terribly ravenous for blood.
Bushels of fine early peaches & plums ripening.
  Spent most of day working in front of
house with men. Pruned locusts etc. Winthrop
Scudder called in P.M.

Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, Aug. 25, 1915 [August 25, 1915] Wea. [Weather] 
Rainy & fine.
Raining steadily, at times heavily from
3 to 10 A.M. After the latter hour the
weather much like that of yesterday viz
sunny, oppressively warm & humid
Evening cooler with fresh N.W. [northwest] breeze.
  The most nearly birdless day of a
comparatively birdless week. Although
out of doors almost continuously I saw
or heard in all less than a dozen birds
these being 4 Robins (2 ad. [adult] 2 bot-tail [bobtail] young),
3 Barn Swallows (flying N.E [northeast] at 4 P.M.),
6 Kingbirds (in straggling flock, flying
high to S.W. [southwest] at 3 P.M., apparently on
migration), 3 Chippies [Chipping Sparrow] in orchard.
  Black Field Crickets chirping numerously
by day & night but no Tree Crickets
to be heard at any hour. Nor have
I noted a Cicada here as yet.
Numerous large slender, glossy black, long
legged Beetles attacking our China Asters
eating out central part of blossoms.
  Spent forenoon in farm with George
& Burbank sorting & repiling pine boards.
Picked about a bushel of peaches in P.M.
& sent baskets to the Whites, Sarah Ames &
Mrs. Melvin.