Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, June 9, 1918 Wea [Weather]
Fine
Mostly sunny with some cloudiness in P.M.
Warmer. Light westerly wind.
  Garden birds. Robins, a Red-eye [Red-eyed Vireo] &
an Oriole singing; Robins, Starlings (12+),
House Sparrows (a few) & one Grackle
eating cherries in the tree near tool house;
Goldfinch & Swift on wing. Jays feeding
young in nest. Yesterday I saw a Robin
drive one of the Jays away from its
(the Robin's) nest in cedar. This morning
found fresh fragments of shell of fresh eggs
of robin in two places on central walk
50 yards from cedar! So the Jays are
at their old pilfering tricks, I fear.
  Two adult Screech Owls, both in red pl. [plumage]
perched within 6" [inches] of one another in top of leafy
black birch in Birch Grove, were shown me by
Percy at 9.30 A.M. A clamorous Robin had
betrayed their presence to him. Robins
continued to scold there all day long. At
noon & later we could see only one Owl.
Walter Deane, Miss Brown & two Radio
recruits came to see it at 12.40.
Miss Allyn dined with us. C. [Caroline Brewster] at dinner
after going to town to church..
George Simmons wife & boy came with
Sarah Ames in P.M. Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] came, also,
to help pack my trunk for Bethel.

Cambridge - Bethel Perfect foliage all the way
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, June 10, 1918 Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear & moderately warm with
light westerly wind.
  Spent early forenoon in house &
Museum. Thence to Boston to take
12.50 train, Eastern Division, for
Portland. Reached there about 4.20.
Crossed city by trolley car & took
5.10 train on Grand Trunk. After
the customary manner of most
trains on the railroad it so loitered
on its way that it was almost an
hour late when we reached Bethel
at past 8 o'clock. Dr. Gehring
& George Farnsworth were at station
to meet me. We walked up the
hill through village to Miss True's
houses where I am most comfortably
quartered in N.W. [northwest] chamber over parlor.
Mr. Bingham, Miss True &
Miss Pease now occupy it & gave
me a cordial welcome. At the 
Doctor's house I saw Mrs. Gehring &
met George's wife & daughter for first
time.

Perfect foliage all way Boston to Bethel. No signs of insect devastation
anywhere, even in oak woods & apple orchards. No such immunity for many years past.