Woodcock flushed. Concord
C.M. Carter calls.
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, July 1, 1917 Wea [Weather]
72 [degrees] max. [maximum] Barred Owl hooting Fair
Sunny but very hazy with some thin
veiling of cloudiness, also. Fresh S.W. [southwest] wind.
Plenty of ripe strawberries & full-blown roses
now. First green peas. Lawrence cutting
hay fields yesterday.
  Birds singing everywhere all day long &
with unusual sweetness & fervor. A
Tanager in our dooryard elms kept it up
ceaselessly from sunrise to sunset or later.
He had a rarely full, melodious voice.
As I was standing in front of house at 5 P.M.
the hooting of a Barred Owl came to
my ears with perfect distinctiveness but
apparently from a distance of at least 300 yds [yards]
& I thought from Howe's chestnut woods
west of the Berry Pasture.
  Spent most of forenoon rambling about our 
woods & fields. Started a large [female] Woodcock in
swampy maple cove at S.W. [southwest] corner of
Berry Pasture. Gypsy Moths very bad in
most of our unsprayed woods but beginning
to 'wilt" rather extensively. They are eating
pine foliage freely now. Some are large, others
very small. 
Charlie Carter came to see me at 3.30 P.M.
staying about an hour. He is arranging to
sell his house at Hildreth's Corner.

Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, July 2, 1917 Wea [Weather]
92 [degrees] Snapping Turtle in pond on lawn Fine
Early morning cloudy; remainder of day
sunny & intensely hot with light S.W. [southwest] wind.
A thunder shower at 5 P.M.. After that a 
calm sultry evening during which the
tung of Green Frogs came incessantly from
the pools in our Berry Pasture & the harsh
discordant voices of Fowler's Toads from
more distant wet place. The latter creatures
do not seem to ever frequent any part
of the Farm - for which I am duly
thankful. Most of them spawn in or
near the river, evidently - which the
Garden Toads do not. 
  To my great surprize a Snapping Turtle
appeared today in the little artificial
pond in the lawn front of house. I saw
his evil-looking head protruding from
beneath a shelving rock & presently
dislodged him with a stick. He is
a rather small one of about 15 lbs. [pounds] weight.
Birds singing well despite the heat.
None of especial interest.
  Spent day working with the men
close about house. Put up a pig fence
under apple trees, under flower beds etc.