Concord (Farm & Ball's Hill)
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, July 19, 1914 Wea [Weather]
Fox barking 8.30 P.M. Fine
Brilliantly clear & comfortably
cool with fresh northerly wind.
  Robins, Wrens, Red-eyes [Red-eyed Vireo], Cat bird
and Song Sparrows singing freely
through most of day. Hermit Thrush
in Birch Field (near spring) and
2 Veeries in Berry Pasture in
full song towards sunset. Towhee
singing at intervals at morn & eve
Maryland Yellow-throats, & Redstart
singing occasionally. Partridge
drumming near spring at 10 A.M.
& another at Ball's Hill (back side)
at 11. Fox barked a few times
in or near Berry Pasture 8.30 P.M.
  Went to Birch Field with George Baker
soon after breakfast. Joined there by
Sted Buttrick & Fred Galloupe. Took
them to Davis & Ball's Hill &
showed them cabins etc. Back at
noon. Called at the Howes & saw Mr.
& Mrs. 2.30-3 Strolled about Berry Pas [Berry Pasture]
& to Birch Field in late P.M.
Concord - Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, July 20, 1914 Wea [Weather]
Fine
Brilliantly clear & deliciously cool with
light N.W. [northwest] wind.
  Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] motored me to Concord after
breakfast & I took the 8.03 train to 
Arlington. Reached home at 9.25. Wore
a light overcoat all the way, even in
the cars where I sat & talked with 
George Keyes. Gilbert returned to Farm
to get a lot of berries vegetables etc.
He did not reach Cambridge until 4 P.M.
  I spent most of day in Museum
working on Great Horned Owl
story. Compiled 2 pp. from journal.
C. [Caroline Brewster] type wrote for two hours copying
4 pp. We walked over to Mrs. Scudder's
this evening & saw her for first time
since her recent accident. She is now
out again - with her broken arm in
a sling.
  A Goldfinch the only bird really singing
in the Garden but a Flicker shouted
a few times there.