Concord.
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, May 28, 1918 Wea [Weather] 
Varied
Alternatives of cloud & sunshine
with a brisk shower at 8.30 A.M.
& lighter ones in afternoon. Very
warm & sultry when sun shone.
  First Night Hawk - an unseen bird
heard peeping, apparently on wing,
at sunset. This the only
north-bound migrant noted.
Fewer local birds heard than usual
although these few sang freely enough.
Saw an im [immature male] Redstart chasing a [female]
near bird bath & later in oaks
behind barn where the pair are
evidently settled & preparing to breed.
  Spent most of day close about house
working with George in flower beds
or sitting in barn watching Zeph's
sheathing.
  In late P.M. Burbank motored 
me up to Duren's to get more
Bantam eggs. Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] tried first to go
but could not start his car.

Concord - Boston - Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, May 29, 1918 Wea [Weather] 
North-bound migrants in Garden. Dull
Cloudy with chill easterly wind. A few
rain drops falling now & then.
  Birds in Cambridge Garden. At least
8 adult Robins on lawn & in Jungle, 3 or 4 of
them singing at once for half an hour or so
at evening; a Swainson's Thrush, [male in weak song], singing
fitfully & faintly in lilacs; a Black-poll W. [Blackpoll Warbler]
[male in full song] & a Red eyed Vireo [male in full song], both singing
rather freely; 2 Redstarts, both in [female] pl. [plumage] but one
a male bird, singing a little; 2 Yellow-bellied
Flycatchers, one calling loudly & incessantly, for
half hour, other answering it occasionally, both
in lilacs at rear of house, one well seen, (they
uttered the pee-e call only); Blue Jay on nest
in hawthorn; [female] Bronzed Grackle on lawn; 2
silent House Sparrows.
  To Boston by 8.05 train fr. [from] Concord,
sitting with Geo. Keyes. Saw Raymond Emerson
at station. Spent most of forenoon in our
office. Called on H.K. Brown in his. Lunch
at Thompson's Spa. Thence to Touraine to call
on Dr. & Mrs. Gehring. Sat with them thro [through] lunch.
Half hour with doctor after it. Out to
Cambridge by 3.30. Half hour talk with C. [Caroline Brewster]
Next hour in Garden, "bird watching." Saw
Harry Spelman passing & walked home with him.
E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] read Transcript to me after supper.