Partridge & young. Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, July 13, 1918 Wea [Weather]
Skunk work Dull.
Cloudy & misty with light rain at
evening. Calm with occasional breath
of easterly wind. Warm & humid. 
  A few birds including Indigo birds,
Towhee & Song Sparrow sang at rather
frequent intervals thro day. A Robin,
Veery & Hermit Thrush in full song
at evening. The Peabody birds sang a
dozen times or more at 8 A.M. in
brush by roadside near our big elm.
Later in day I heard him every now
& then in his usual haunt near the
Cow Pasture. A Pine Warbler singing
freely on Pine Ridge when I passed
that way at 3 P.M.
Started 3 young Partridges as big as
Pigeons in Run near foot of lane. I
think there more that did not flush.
The old hen was fluttering & whining
in the bushes but did not show herself.
  Where manure was piled at Ritchie pl. [Ritchie place]
last spring, the ground has recently been
burrowed into everywhere by Skunks whose
excrement lies thick there.
  Spent forenoon transplanting flowers &
weeding strawberry bed. Walked to Holdens
& Balls Hill with Zeph in P.M. Many
river maples have turned coppery or browned
red & some look as if dying.

Concord - Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, July 14, 1918 Wea [Weather]
Mixed
Cloudy, foggy morning followed by bright,
sunny forenoon, this by succession of
heavy thunder showers (1-3 P.M.) with
the sunlight flooding everything again
after 5 P.M. Such at least was what
happened where I happened to be.
  Going about the Farm with the men 
after breakfast I listened to much
delightful bird music contributed mostly
by Robins, Veery, Hermit [Hermit Thrush], Tanager, Song [Song Sparrow] & Vesper
Sparrows, Towhee, Peabody bird &
Indigo bird. At 10 A.M. we left the Farm
& motored towards Cambridge via
Bedford & thence down the Shawsheen
River valley where I saw a flock of 9
Bobolinks including ad [adult male] in full nuptial pl. [plumage].
Reached home at 11.15. We had at dinner
Miss Hoppin & Mrs. Mansfield.
Spent most of afternoon in Museum
writing letters. At 6 P.M. walked up
street & made short call on Miss Blatchford.
After supper E. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] read 2 David Loring letters.
Garden birds: 2 Robins [in full song], a Red-eye [Red-eyed Vireo] [in full song],
a Chippy [Chipping Sparrow] [in full song], a Kingbird. One of the
Robins a rare singer.