Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, July 8, 1916 Wea [Weather]
Mixed.
  Forenoon sunny, intensely hot & humid
with light westerly breeze. Afternoon
cloudy for most part with succession
of thunder showers. Lasting into night.
  Usual birds singing in accustomed
places about Farm. Grosbeak sang twice
in full voice, in the Run, 10 A.M.
At least 4 pairs of Cat birds [Catbirds], two behind 
house, one near poultry yard, one near
birch shed. Very many nesting Robins
probably not less than 8 pairs, two
with nests in locust trees close to house,
the others scattered about, some near
Cow Pasture, several in Berry Pasture.
Males singing well.

  Spent most of forenoon supervising 
erection of wire fence for poultry yard
in hickory grove. In afternoon
Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert] & I, with Burbank, picked
hundreds of Gypsy larvae from Barberry 
bushes along lane which have been well 
nigh stripped by these pests. I did not
discover their presence until yesterday.

Concord - Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, July 9, 1916 Wea [Weather]
Mixed
Forenoon cloudy with several 
brief thunder showers. Afternoon 
sunny & calm. Cool all day.

  Birds singing freely about Farm
7-9 A.M., included several Robins,
2 Flickers, one Indigo bird, two
Song Sparrows. A Phoebe sang fitfully
& a Grosbeak faintly & brokenly.
  In Cambridge Garden a Flicker
"shouted" many times about noon
and three Robins sang long and
gloriously towards sunset. Besides
these I noted only a Swift heard 
at evening & numerous House Sparrows.
  Leaving Farm at 9.30 A.M. Gilbert
& I motored to Cambridge via Bedford,
Lexington & Trapelo Road, reaching
Museum at 10.30. Dined at the
Spelmans' at 1.30. Gilbert packed
my things 3.30-6. After that walked
up Brattle St. & meeting Sally Fairchild
came back with her & called on her mother.
Supper alone, on back piazza. Solitary evening - with Timmy, however.