Glendale.
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Aug. 1, 1916 [August 1, 1916] Wea [Weather] Fine
66 [degrees] at 8 A.M.
Brilliantly clear & refreshingly cool
with light northerly wind. Even the more
distant mountain summits quite free from
smoke or haze - for the first time of late.
  Comparatively little bird music. Red-eye Vireo [Red-eyed vireos],
Chippy [Chipping Sparrow], Indigo bird [Indigo Bunting] & Field Sparrow contributed 
most of it but even they sang only fitfully &
listlessly in mid day [mid-day] hours. A Hermit [Hermit Thrush] in
full song on crest of mountain ridge for upwards
of an hour before & after sunset. Two Chippins [Chipping Sparrows]
sang rather vigorously in evening twilight.
Only 2 Robins, an adult pair, linger on our lawn.
Kingbirds still feeding young in nest by studio.
The Goldfinches still circle high in air, with
deep undulations accompanied by sweet mid-summer
flight calls, but I have not heard one sing since July 27.
  Spent most of day in chamber writing
out Concord bird notes. Dan [French] called me out
(by our Meadow Lark [Meadowlark] whistle of boyhood days) at
5 P.M. when we climbed his mountain ridge
to sit for upwards of an hour on the bench there.
The air was almost windess [windless] & the view entrancing.
The sweet notes of the chimes at Stockbridge came
faintly to our ears as did those of birds singing at
lower levels. A Hermit [Hermit thrush] sang near us & a Partridge &
Cedar birds [Cedar waxwings] came close about seeking ripe [?]

Glendale.
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, Aug. 2, 1916 [August 2, 1916] Wea [Weather] Perfect
64 [degrees] at 8 A.M.
  Clear & cool with fresh north-west [northwest] wind changing
to S.W. [southwest], with renewed haze, in mid P.M.
  Birds singing more freely than yesterday especially
in early morning. Strolling along wood roads at
western base of ridge shortly after breakfast I
heard a Tanager, a Hermit [Hermit Thrush] & a Black-throated Green
Warbler in full song. Two Red-eyes [Red-eyed Vireos] & a Solitary [Solitary Vireo]
sang freely near the house before & after this
and one Phoebee [Phoebe] sang brokenly. A Chickadee
uttered the Phoebee [Phoebe] call repeatedly at 10 A.M.
After that long intervals of silence broken only
by the flight notes of Goldfinches galloping high in air.
Total silence in late P.M. due, no doubt to the 
strong southerly wind that blew with increasing
violence towards Sunset.
  Spent most of day working on Concord
bird notes. To hillside Studio at 5 P.M.
where Dan ceased work on his Lincoln statue
& we started for a walk through the pine
grown pasture to the westward. Very many
of the white pines there, afflicted by a fresh 
outbreak of pine disease, have turned rusty red
of late. We noted no birds save a few Chickadees.
Evening spent in parlor, everbody [everybody] but me
reading.