Glendale.
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, July 20, 1916  Wea [Weather] Fine
87 [degrees] max [maximum] Birdsong declining fast.
  Clear & very warm but not oppressively humid.
Fleecy clouds gathering in late P.M. & brilliantly tinted
in western sky at sunset. Light southerly & easterly winds.
  Bird singing declining very generally and also
rather abruptly. Several species in full song only a few
days ago are now seldom or never to be heard. Others as
the Hermit [Hermit Thrush], the Robin & the Solitary Vireo continue to sing
freely only at morn [morning] & eve [evening]. Through mid-day hours 
to-day there were prolonged periods of total silence
in both woods & fields. The Indigo bird [Indigo bunting], Red-eye [Red-eyed Vireo]
& Wood Pewee hold out best of all but even their
musical fervor is obviously waning. The Chippy [Chipping Sparrow]
still sings at all hours but only listlessly.
The Field Sparrow has almost ceased. The Goldfinches
sing well but sparingly & fitfully - as is their
wont, some at the height of their late breeding season.
At night we hear the tromping of Bull Frogs
coming faintly from the dead water above the
village dam. Only field Crickets as yet. Fire Flies [Fireflies]
numerously flitting over grass fields & lawns.
  Spent A.M. in chamber copying notes,
early P.M. in Studio playing Victrola, late
P.M. rambling about grounds. Mr. Sedgwick &
his niece Mrs. McVeigh made us a brief call.

Glendale.
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, July 21, 1916  Wea [Weather]
Dull.
Forenoon cloudy with light showers.
Afternoon partly sunny with distant thunder.
Oppressively warm & humid.
  A recrudescence of bird singing, especially
in forenoon, when the Hermit Thrush, Solitary,
Yellow-throated & Red-eyed Vireos, Wood Pewee
Indigo bird [Indigo bunting] & Goldfinch sang rather freely
and vigorously. The Robins, also, joined in
from time to time & the Chippies [Chipping Sparrows] took
their part if somewhat listlessly. The
Wood Thrush seems to have ceased
altogether and the Field Sparrow is no
longer often heard. 
  I spent entire morning in my chamber, 
copying Cambridge bird notes. Played 
Victrola to Dan [Daniel French] after luncheon & later joined
the assemblage by the fountain at rear of studio
where Mrs. French received her weekly callers.
Some 15 or 20 came among them the Choates,
Mrs. Clark, Mrs. McBurney (English, with a
charming little daughter 3 years old) Mr. & Mrs.
Blommers (he Dutch, she American, both artists)
Mrs. Bullet (nee Miss Iasigi) I talked mostly
with Mrs. Choate. We spent most of evening on
back piazza.