South Yarmouth
Ther [Thermometer]   WED. AUG.20, 1913 [Wednesday, August 20, 1913]  Wea [Weather]
Fine
Brilliantly clear with strong, cool
N.W. [northwest] wind.
  Spent forenoon in house. Mary
left us then to take the 10 A.M. train.
To wharf at noon to watch bathers
mostly the Davis children.
Chippins [Chipping Sparrows] & Robins in willows. 3 Kingbirds
there yesterday. Greater Yellow legs [Greater Yellowlegs] heard
whistling at daybreak.
  To golf links after dinner with
Will Stone, [Knowston?] & Williston.
Walked over course with them seeing a 
Barn Swallow, a Swift & hordes of
Chippins [Chipping Sparrows]. Am now writing this 
under pines by shores of pond where
7 or 8 Qua birds (2 juv., 5 or 6 ad.) [2 juveniles, 5 or 6 adults], a
Green Heron & a Kingfisher have just
flown. Soon after this I saw a Least
Tern fishing in [?] River opp.[opposite] links.
Heard a Bittern croaking over marshes 
at 9 P.M.
South Yarmouth.
Ther [Thermometer]   THURS. AUG. 21, 1913 [Thursday, August 21, 1913]  Wea [Weather]
Fine                                                
Clear and cool with fresh E. [east] wind.
Spent most of morning in doors
writing letters. Leaving house about
noon Billy Stowe, his daughter Bessy,
Mrs. Mason, Betty Frothringham ([?])
& I drove through devious wood roads
to The Bluffs where Mrs. Stowe, Mrs.
Frothringham, her son [Togs?], and
Mr. Knowlton soon joined us after
walking there. We had pic-nic
lunch under pitch pines just back
from a low [?] ridge where we
looked out over the deep blue waters
of the Sound dotted with tiny white-
capped waves. The only birds in
sight were a few Common Terns
perhaps 5 or 6 in all. A D. virens
came into tree near us. Home by
5 P.M. Spent evening in parlor talking.