Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, Sept. 17, 1914 [September 17, 1914] Wea [Weather]
Perfect
Third successive perfect day differing
from the other two only in being warmer
& even more windless. Scarce a leaft [leaf]
stirred from morn to eve & the sky had
no trace of the tiniest cloud while the
air was clear as crystal. The woods 
are dangerously dry but the fields show
no signs of drought. 
  Almost no migrant birds about.
Woods silent & lifeless for most part
save where Chickadees & Nuthatches (of
both kinds) were present. Saw two
Yellow-rumps [Yellow-rumped Warbler] & one Blackpoll [Blackpoll Warbler]. A
Pine Warbler singing feebly near
Pulpit Rock. Two Tanagers chip-churing
at noon in wild grass vine loaded with
ripe fruit & overhanging our lane. Saw
only one bird an adult [male] with black
wings & tail & two rather large patches of
dull scarlet on breast.
  Spent day with men near Barrett 
Spring. Manson & his helper still
working on causeway & dam. I
cut out some more wood roads.
Gilbert went to Cambridge for day & night.

Concord (Farm) - Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Sept. 18, 1914 [September 18, 1914] Wea [Weather]
88 [degrees] Perfect.
Still another wonderfully perfect day
the warmest of the series thus far.
There was a little more wind (north westerly)
than yesterday and also a few fleecy
clouds drifting lazily across the sky.
Air so dry that heat was not oppressive.
  A fresh but not considerable influx of
migrants this morning. Saw two
Gray-cheeked Thrushes (large, typical birds)
and two Usnea Warblers in woods near
Cedar Park. A few Black-polls [Blackpoll Warbler] &
Yellow rumps [Yellow-rumped Warbler] noted elsewhere.
  Spent forenoon with the men near
Barrett Spring where we worked on causeways
& dam. Left Farm at 4 P.M. & started
for Cambridge via Carlisle Bridge. Maples
& dogwood in Bedford swamp showing
scarlet, crimson & orange here & there.
Stopped at Lexington to call on Faxon
with whom I spent almost an hour.
  Reached home at 6.15 & am spending
night in our house with Alpha to
look after me & little Tim.