Glendale.
Ther [Thermometer] WED. JULY 23, 1913 [Wednesday, July 23, 1913] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Sunny & very warm with light 
S.W. [southwest] wind. Thunder shower at 4 P.M.
  Spent most of day in room
working on Concord notes.
In late P.M. Dan & I called
on Mackintosh in his attractive
little house. On our way thither
we heard a Barred Owl hoot 
once in pine woods on south side
of road. Two Field Sparrows & several
Song Sparrows in full song. Heard also
what I took to be a Yellow-rump W. [Yellow-rumped Warbler]
with abnormal song. While returning saw
a Rabbit under isolated apple tree in
field. It seemed to have very long ears
& looked to me like an English Rabbit. 
A Sparrow Hawk passing southwest
over the studio this morning poised twice
on set wings for a moment, facing
the fresh S.W. [southwest] wind.
  Mrs. French & Margaret off on visit to
Kingston. Dan read aloud to me this 
eve [evening] - from a paper on Chester by his father, 1876.
Glendale.
Ther [Thermometer] THURS. JULY 24, 1913 [Thursday, July 24, 1913] Wea. [Weather]
Stormy
Cloudy with strong S.W. [southwest] wind and
fine rain falling at intervals but not
sufficiently to wet more than the surface
of the drought-parched ground. The
grass is recovering fast, however.
  When I came down to breakfast at
8 I found that the brood of young House
Wrens had left the nest (they were calling
in it last evening) under the porch and
scattered through some shrubbery across the
lawn where the old birds were feeding them.
At 6 P.M. saw a young Nuthatch with
a large whitish cocoon which he carried 
to a fork & then hammered vigorously for 
some time with his sharp bill, treating it
as a Jay does an acorn.
  Spent day in house working on Concord
notes & almost finishing them. Mrs. F. [French]
& Margaret got back to luncheon.