Cambridge - Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, Aug. 8, 1918 [August 8, 1918] Wea [Weather] Fair
Sun shining dimly at times, at
others obscured by clouds. Uncomfortably
hot & humid until near sunset when
a cool east wind brought glad relief.
Distant thunder every now & then.
Cambridge Garden birds. Scant in
numbers & variety.. A Mniotilta [Mniotilta varia]
in willows accompanied by another
Warbler that looked like H. pinus [Helminthophila pinus] but
could not be identified because seen
only among dense foliage high in trees & 
against a sombre sky. Besides these I 
noted only 2 or 3 Robins, 2 Cedar birds,
2 Red eyes [Red-eyed Vireo], 4 Grackles, a Chippy [Chipping Sparrow], 2 House
Sparrows, a King bird, 3 Swifts, a Downy
Birds at October Farm, Concord. A 
Robin, 2 Cat birds, a Chippy [Chipping Sparrow]. 10
Swifts circling at sunset, Flicker
roosting in barn at eve. Crows cawing.
  Spent forenoon in Mus. [Museum] writing letters
 To Concord by 2.30 ex. [express] from Boston.
Burbank met me at station with
his runabout car. At Farm by 3.25
Watering gardens until dark.
Ever-bearing strawberries & blueberries.
Fine show of Plox [Pholx], dahlias etc.

Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Aug. 9, 1918 [August 9, 1918] Wea [Weather]
Stormy.
Dark cloudy & foggy with heavy
showers following one another closely &
thunder muttering in far distance W. [west]
cool N.E [northeast] wind blowing all day
  Farm birds. A Robin, Cat bird, Veery
& ad [adult male] Redstart in Berry Pastures, ad [adult] male [symbol]
Indigo bird in full rapturous song.
repeated many times (Ritchie Place),
a few Barn Swallows & Swifts on wing
(the latter also heard in our chimney)
Several King birds, a Green Heron
flushed from pond in Berry Pasture,
Maryland Yellow throat.
  The heavy rain kept us all in doors
most of day but George & I managed
to do some work in floral beds
& Zeph cut the lawns (working only
through forenoon). In late P.M.
I went to Ritchie place & also thro
Berry Pasture where I took a twig
of Rhamnus Frangula, its berries now
mostly black. Mrs. Burbank gets my 
meals but I am alone in the old house
o'nights.