Fauna at Mt. Auburn. Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, July 21, 1917 Wea [Weather]
Fair
Forenoon sunny; afternoon mostly cloudy
& densely hazy. Very warm & humid with
strong S.W. [southwest] wind.
  Garden birds. A few Robins visiting cherry trees,
one [male] singing well in mid P.M.; Red-eye [Red-eyed Vireo] singing
a little; young Oriole calling; a Flicker &
several Crow Blackbirds. Swallow-Tailed Butter-
flies floating about glade in front of house just
as they used fifty years ago - & ever since.
  Spent forenoon in garden superintending
pruning of willows & other trees by Percy &
John. Starting at 3.30 P.M. C [Caroline Brewster] & I motored
to Mt. Auburn [Mount Auburn Cemetery] & back & forth for half an 
hour or more through it [its] many winding paths
noted no birds save Grackle & Starlings.
Wm Lyon, with whom I had a talk at office,
says the workmen report Pheasants breeding
commonly & Quail occasionally. They find
several Pheasants nests every season now.
Cotton Tail Rabbits have returned after a long
absence. Last year the men saw many young
Rabbits but this year only one litter was found
Cats & Skunks prey on them. Red Squirrels &
Chipmunks have never come back after being
exterminated years ago. There are many Grays.
some Muskrats in ponds, now & then a Mink or
a Fox; no known occurrences of Deer.

We also visited Cambridge Cemetery. Home by 5. Reading & music this evening

Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, July 22, 1917 Wea [Weather]
84 [degrees] Fine
Cloudless & hot but not especially humid.
Strong S.W. [southwest] wind. One of the warmest
days of summer thus far.
  Garden birds, 10 or 12 Robins visiting cherry
trees, 2 singing well in late P.M.; Red-eye [Red-eyed Vireo]
singing a little; King-bird calling again in 
Jungle; Blue Jay; Crows; Oriole; Swift at
evening; freshly-shed wing quill of gray
Screech Owl lying in path thro Jungle
near cluster of pines, near lilacs. House
Sparrows in moderate numbers flitting
hither & thither but almost wholly
neglecting the ripe cherries so abundant
& delicious now. The Robins, also,
have ceased to show much desire for them.
Both species apparently prefer the kinds
that ripen first or else get tired of
every kind after feasting on them
awhile.
  Spent most of day in house &
Museum writing letters & reading
aloud to C. [Caroline Brewster] We had a short Victrola
concert after dinner & a long one
in the evening.