Concord.
Ther [Thermometer] SUN. SEPT. 7, 1913 [Sunday, September 7, 1913] Wea [Weather]
Holboell's Greebe [Holboell's Grebe]    Fair
Forenoon sunny; afternoon cloudy.
Warmer, with light S.W. [southwest] wind.
  Comparatively few birds about
& no northern breeding species noted.
Two Chimney Swifts flying S.W. [southwest]
low over orchard at 4 P.M. At
5 saw a [male] Flicker showing only
his head at the entrance hole to a
nest in which young were reared in
the orchard last year. Started a
Partridge in Berry Pasture.
Pheasants silent all day. Cicadas
"flying" at frequent intervals. 
  Off, after breakfast in the
Cadillac with Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ]. We went
first to the Puffers' to enquire about 
Burbank. Mr. P. [Puffer] speaks very highly
of him. I saw there a Holboells
Greebe [Grebe] found alive in snow on river
meadows. Puffer says Petersen got
another but did not preserve it.
Went next to [?]
[margin] In P.M. wrote letters & picked wonderful plums & gigantic apples.[/margin]
Concord.
Ther [Thermometer] MON. SEPT.  8, 1913 [Monday, September 8, 1913] Wea [Weather]
Fair
Mostly sunny save for an hour or
so in early P.M. when clouds
gathered for a brief thunder shower.
Intensely hot & humid, one of the
most trying days, indeed, of the
whole summer.
  A marked dearth of birds about
Farm, where I spent day. Noted
only one Warbler, a Black-poll [blackpoll].
About 8 A.M. saw a pair of
adult Kingbirds feeding two
apparently fully grown & fledged
young on elderberries, which they
obtained without alighting by
hovering in front of the [?]
& pecking out a berry at each visit.
  Spent most of day picking &
sorting apples, peaches and plums.
Packed a basket of them to send
to C. [Caroline] tomorrow at Portland.
