Concord.
Ther [Thermometer] MON. SEPT. 1, 1913 [Monday, September 1, 1913] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear & rather oppressively
warm with light S.W. [southwest] wind.
Nuthatches of both species,
Several Warblers (including D. virens [Dendroica
virens] & Setophaga)  a [female] Tanager
& a Grosbeak were in the elms
about house this forenoon. Also
I saw several Robins, 5 Chippins [Chipping Sparrows],
2 Song Sparrows, a House Wren &
a Cat bird [Catbird] about the place.
  Four Swifts passing at 8 a.m.
& a single Nighthawk at
sunset. Gilbert saw 2 of the
latter birds at Ball's Hill at
6 P.M. Mole cricket at edge of
pond in berry pasture.
Spent most of day working with
Tom in flower garden & lawn. Dug
a lot of plants to go to Alice Stone.
Ida came up to preserve peaches.
[margin] Heard a Whippoorwill near house at daybreak. It sang about 12 notes [/margin]
Concord.
Ther [Thermometer] TUES. SEPT. 2, 1913 [Tuesday, September 2, 1913] Wea [Weather]
90 [90 degrees]   Mysterious night cry       Fine
Clear & hot with light S.[south] wind.
Pleasantly cool at morn [morning] & eve [evening].
I was awakened at, or just before, 
daybreak by the unfamiliar cry 
of some bird or beast presumably
nocturnal of habits & apparently
in or near the big elm in front of the
house. The sound, many times
repeated at short intervals, was a 
loud, guttural hugh or augh.
I cannot imagine what made it.
[Afterwards heard similar cry from Screech Owl]
  Heavy flight of Warblers. Heard
them lisping overhead whenever I
was awake. Only a few about
the house to-day. A little flock
in oaks behind barn included a 
[female] Yellow Warbler, a [female] Chestnut sided [Chestnut-sided Warbler]
& a juv. [juvenile] [male] Black-thr.Green [Black-throated Green Warbler].
  Working with Tom in lane & writing 
letters & cheques by turns. Clarice Bensen
came up to clean the house.