Concord.
Ther [Thermometer] SAT. AUG. 30, 1913 [Saturday, August 30, 1913] Wea [Weather]
Return to Farm & settle there.  Dull
Chiefly cloudy with occasional
outburst of sunshine. Warm & humid
  Left Colonial Inn at 8 A.M.
with Jim Melvin who took
me first to the Hospital where 
we picked up Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert] & thence
to the Farm where we opened
the old house in which I
shall abide for the present.
  Spent forenoon in parlor
writing up letters & bird notes.
Heard House Wren, Phoebe & W.b. Nuthatch [White- breasted
Nuthatch] calling. Walked to
Ball's Hill & back in early P.M.
Fresh tracks of 3 Deer everywhere
there. Started 3 young Partridge
behind hill & Night Heron from
oaks on Bensen's Knoll. Returning
picked two baskets of big, yellow
delicious English plums (in hen yard)
Jim M. [Jim Melvin] came down later for them.
Concord
Ther [Thermometer] SUN. AUG.  31, 1913 [Sunday, August 31, 1913] Wea [Weather]
Fine
  Clear & warm with light W. [west]
wind. A rarely perfect summer day.
  Red-eyed Vireo & Indigo bird [Indigo Bunting]
singing feebly in early morning. W.b. Nuthatch [White-breasted
Nuthatch] and Red-bellied Nuthatch [Red-breasted Nuthatch]
calling near house at 10 A.M. when
I saw in big elm near barn 2
young Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, a
Black & white Creeper, a Redstart
& a Chestnut-sided Warbler.
Several Robins & Song Sparrows
about place but no Chippies [Chipping Sparrows].
Pheasants wholly silent & unseen
during past week. Tree Crickets
in full chorus about house &
at Ball's Hill despite heavy
spraying last spring. 
Spent most of day writing letters.
Called on the Howes in late P.M.