Concord (Farm) - Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, June 30, 1916  Wea [Weather] Perfect.
Black Duck flying over lawn.
Brilliantly clear & delightfully cool with
brisk north-west wind.
  Birds at Farm: Just the usual ones -
Robins, Chippies [Chipping sparrows], Red-eyes [Red-eyed Vireos], Oriole, Crested
& Least Flycatchers etc. Wood Pewee
singing in run. Family party of 
House Wren[s] there. Young Flicker calling
in nest trunk, answered by another in
near-by trees. [male] [adult] Marsh Hawk flying low.
  Birds in our Garden, Cambridge: In late
P.M. 2 Robins singing, adult Oriole
scolding & one or more of its young
uttering the tiresome "here-we-are" calls.
2 Swifts flying overhead at evening
Several House Sparrows. One or two Jays.
  Spent forenoon with Burbank, making
various things in shop, among them a
couple of screens to catch lupins seeds. 
Leaving Farm at 3.20 P.M, Gilbert
motored me to Cambridge, reached at 4.35.
Found C. [Caroline Brewster] alone, E. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] having gone to
Bangor. We read aloud & had Victrola
music in evening.

As C. & I were standing on our front lawn at 6.30 P.M. a Black Duck flew
over it actually below the tops of the taller trees

Cambridge - Manchester-By-The-Sea.
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, July 1, 1916  Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear & moderately warm with fresh W. [west] wind.
In our Garden: Robin, 12 + ad [adults] & Juv [juveniles] 2 [males] [in full song].
Red-eye [Red-eyed vireo] [male] [in full song]; Oriole [male] ad [adult]; Jay, 3; Starling, two
broods young with parents, 11 birds altogether,
feeding on lawn & on ripe cherries; House Sparrows.
  Manchester-By-The-Sea (Dana woods & shore)
Pine Warbler [male] [in full song] (near house); Song Sparrow [male] [in full song] (garden);
Chippy [Chipping sparrow], brood of young; Flicker 1 on wing; 
No other upland bird seen or heard between
4 P.M. & sunset (a calm & serene one).
Along shore: A Green Heron on wing, a few
Crows, about 50 Herring Gulls, mostly adult.
  Spent forenoon in house & Museum talking
with C. [Caroline], writing letters etc. Took 2.20 P.M.
train to Manchester where Dick Dana met
me at station and motored me to his
beautiful summer house. After reaching 
there we rambled along the beach and through
the woods until sunset. The winds had
then died to a gentle breeze & the air was
warm, under a cloudless sky, yet unbroken 
silence reigned for the most part. Never before
have I known such woodland so utterly lifeless
at such a season, as regards birds. Apparently there
were no more than half a dozen in the whole 20 odd
acres. The trees were thoroughly sprayed last Wednesday.
Rosamund Wild's daughter Rosamund arrived in
time for dinner - a beautiful & charming woman 37 years of age. No other guest.
We spent evening in parlor & had a delightful talk.