Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, July 15, 1917 Wea [Weather]
Dull.
Cloudy, calm, comfortably cool.
  Garden birds. Robins in uncertain
numbers coming & going to & from
the cherry trees - At least 3 old males
singing gloriously towards sunset, within
hearing from the garden if not actually
perched within its confines. Their
voices seem purer & sweeter & more
fervid at this season than at any
other and I never tire of listening to
them. Perhaps no other bird music so
altogether delights & satisfies me. The
only other singers heard to-day were
a Red-eye [Red-eyed Vireo], a Flicker & an Oriole.
The last named bird sang but once but
then well. There were very many
House Sparrows & a few Grackles visiting
the cherry trees.
  Spent day in Museum, writing letters &
reading war news. Called at the Fairchilds
& took C. [Caroline Brewster] to Mr. Harris's garden - very attractive
just now. Mrs. Scudder called. So also
did Michael Mulrey - cordial, warm
hearted & pleasing as he ever was.
Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, July 16, 1917 Wea [Weather]
Perfect
Cloudless with light westerly breeze. Just
agreeably warm through day & evening.
  Garden birds. Robins still singing well
and freely, especially towards sunset when two
or more are engaged for perhaps an hour within
or near our grounds. They come & go into &
from the cherry trees a few at a time, all
day long. This morning I saw a bot-tail
young, apparently only a few days from the nest,
bathing in pond front of Museum & accomplishing
it precisely like an old bird.
Crows, Jays, a Flicker, a Red-eye [Red-eyed Vireo] (singing), a
Swift & about a dozen House Sparrows,
also an adult Oriole (singing a little) were
noted in the Garden. Heard a Chippy
singing persistently in Smith Place.
  Leaving house at 9.45 A.M. I walked 
down Brattle St. to Harvard Square &
spent next two hours in Dr. Andrew's
dental chair. He filled four teeth. Home
by trolly car E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] left us at 3 P.M. to
take boat for Mt. Desert. Harry Bartlett &
Clara Howe called after supper taking up
most of our evening.