Concord - Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Aug. 28, 1917 [August 28, 1917] Wea [Weather] 
Perfect
Cloudless & just seasonably warm
with strong S.W. [southwest] wind but no
oppressive humidity.
  Farm bird. A Robin, Cat-bird, Chippy [Chipping Sparrow],
Red eye [Red-eyed Vireo] (singing feebly), Oriole, several
Goldfinches (at sunflowers) a Maryland
Yellow throat (at bird bath) a few noisy
Crows devastating our corn & one or two
Jays screaming afar off were all the
birds seen or heard anywhere near 
our house. An Oven bird in Run &
a brood of at least 8 young Partridges,
2/3 grown, with their mother, flushed
by "Tim" on a knoll near Pulpit Rock
where most of them treed after flying
only a few yards. No passage migrants
to be found anywhere, even in Birch
Field, although I heard Warblers calling
overhead at 10 P.M. last night.
  Spent forenoon at Farm laying out
work for men etc. Walked to Birch Field &
through Berry Pasture. Returned to Cambridge
(1.45-3 P.M.) via Bedford, Burlington & Arlington.

Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, Aug. 29, 1917 [August 29, 1917] Wea [Weather] 
85 [degrees] Fair
Sunny but hazy, very warm & humid.
Procession of heavy thunders, one following
another closely 6-10 P.M. This rain
much needed.
  Garden birds. 6 Robins, 2 Creepers (Mniotilta)
2 Red-eyes [Red-eyed Vireo], a Yellow Warbler (juv [male juvenile]) a Grackle
& an Oriole (juv [male juvenile]) assembled in Jungle at
8.30 A.M. Later heard 2 Jays &
a Flicker calling there. Thus far I
have not noted a single passage
migrant belonging to a species which
breeds only to the northward. All
such, moreover, have escaped my notice
at Concord & Glendale as well as
Cambridge. Yet very many of them
should be flighting southward by now.
  Spent day in Museum, writing
letters. Mr. & Mrs. Adam Bartlett
came with Alice Bartlett at 3 P.M.
to call on C. [Caroline Brewster] especially. We took 
them through garden and jungle.