Concord.
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, June 23, 1917 Wea [Weather]
Perfect
Cloudless & almost windless with warm,
dry air. Best type of perfect June weather.
Sky somewhat overcast towards evening, however.
  Usual local birds singing freely in usual
places. Air filled with their joyous music
all day long. White-throat Sparrow's [White-throated Sparrow] voice
louder & clearer than heretofore. Yellow-thr.
Vireo [Yellow-throated Vireo] singing in big elm & oak over road.
Quail whistling & one Bobolink singing, in
Lawrence's Field. Whippoorwill at eve (8.05)
afar off N.W. [northwest], probably in Mason's pasture.
  Motored, soon after breakfast, to
Bedford where I settled with Hodgson ($10.)
for transporting Pierce's men (2 days).
Also paid Hosmer $2. for two Ducks.
Called at L.A. Ford's to pay him for
Cedars but he was absent. Shall mail cheque.
Back at 9.30. Spent remainder of day
working about the Farm mostly
with John Harris, weeding flower beds,
& with Burbank, preparing Turkey yard
front of barn.

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Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, June 24, 1917 Wea [Weather]
Fox seen. Dull
Cloudy & cool with light winds varying from
easterly to westerly.
  Birds singing only sparingly, mostly at morn
& eve. Heard White-throat Sparrow [White-throated Sparrow] at Cow Pasture
but failed to find him there upon visiting
his juniper retreat in mid P.M.
2 Whippoorwills singing at once, 8 P.M., N.W. [northwest]
of Lawrence's. Veery in full song a little earlier,
in Berry Pasture.
  The brood of 4 young Robins left nest on
wood pile in shed to day. Three of them
took to neighboring trees or thickets. The
fourth remained in shed, perched on
the back of a chair, where his parents
fed him. Yesterday I saw the [male] parent
repeatedly feed the young with bits of green
leafage or grass (I thought plantain leaves)
which he plucked here & there on lawn until
his bill could hold no more. The very
next trip he was likely to take a worm
or two often a whole one, writhing.
  Spent most of day writing letters. Two short
walks. During one at 3 P.M. saw a very
large Fox running softly along roadway at
foot of orchard slope next meadow. He
bounded lightly & looked very pale red.

Called at the Lawrences' this evening to hear records played by Ritchard. Returning
at 9.15 heard Sora Rail singing in distance towards Great Meadow.