Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, Aug. 20, 1914 [August 20, 1914] Wea [Weather]
Tennessee & Blackburnian Warblers. Dull
Densely cloudy; warm & humid. Very
heavy thunder shower before daybreak &
another breaking upon us now (9.30 P.M.)
  Flock of Warblers frequenting Garden all
day long. I followed them about at
intervals, positively identifying 2 Tennessees [Tennessee Warbler],
2 Mniotilta ([male] & [female]), a female Blackburnian [Blackburnian Warbler], a 
Water Thrush & 3 Redstarts (together once
& all looking like [females] but one singing fully)
There were also an Oriole, 2 Red-eyes [Red-eyed Vireo]
the usual Jays, Robins etc. Heard a
King bird faintly & afar off. & Swifts
overhead - in late P.M.
  The Tennessee Warblers were chasing one
another almost ceaselessly with sharp,
metallic chirping. I had one very near
me on a low branch. The Water Thrush
was uncommonly noisy but so wary that I 
got only a glympse at him.
  Harry Spelman at breakfast, Mrs. Cobb
at luncheon, Lizzy Fuller at supper.
  I wrote all day finishing Hairy W. [Hairy Woodpecker]
story with 2 pp. & writing one about Downy
Woodpecker.
Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Aug. 21, 1914 [August 21, 1914] Wea [Weather]
Eclipse of sun. Showery
Densely cloudy with frequent light showers
and one very heavy one at 3 P.M. accompanied
by crashing thunder. Just before it began
darkness almost equalling that of a moonless
night settled over the earth rather suddenly
& lifted as abruptly ten or fifteen minutes
later. As no storm clouds, however dense,
can produce anything like it I thought 
of the predicted eclipse of the sun only
partial here, and this, the evening papers say,
was really responsible for it. At its height
I could see our front gate but dimly as
I looked out the front door. When we
turned on the electric lamps in the hall
it looked exactly as it does at night.
  Hearing a low warbling song in front
of Museum at 8 A.M. I looked for its
author who proved to be a young [male] Chestnut
sided Warbler in autumn pl. [plumage] He was perched
on a low branch over the pond. Also
heard the sharp chirp of a Water Thrush
& the metallic chirp of a Tennessee Warbler.
  Worked all day on Downy Woodpecker
story. Writing 5pp. of fresh matter, mostly
compiled from the Journal. The Cobb-Fullers
dined with us. Victrola music in hall
after supper. Also reading by C. [Caroline Brewster] & E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons]