Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, Aug. 22, 1918 [August 22, 1918] Wea [Weather]
Prairie Warbler in Garden Fine
Clear with light S.W. wind. Very warm.
  Garden birds. 10 or 12 Robins (mostly
spotted-breasted young) & 2 Cedar birds,
eating rum cherries; 2 Red-eyed Vireos,
one singing rather freely; an interesting 
party of migrant Warblers including a
Mniotilta [Mniotilta varia, 2 young [males] Black-throated Greens [Black-throated Green Warbler],
a young male Yellow Warbler & a young female
Prairie [Prairie Warbler]; a Tanager in pl. [female plumage] but having
blackish wings & tail; 3 or 4 Grackles;
4 young Orioles; a Swift at evening.
There was also an unseen bird that
chirped exactly like a young White-
thr. Sparrow [White-throated Sparrow] & twice sang like one, but 
very faintly. Although calling all day long
it was not one seen fairly.
The Prairie Warbler, a dainty, slender-
bodied little creature, kept mostly low
in bushes or tall weeds where it flitted
about wagging or tilting its long tail every
now & then after the manner of its kind.
It was very tame & I watched it by at
close range. It was almost devoid of
any marking beneath.
Spent most of day in Mus. [Museum] reading &
answering letters. C. [Caroline Brewster] walked around Garden
with me at sunset & after supper sat in
hall while E. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] read aloud to us.
Cambridge - Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Aug. 23, 1918 [August 23, 1918] Wea [Weather]
H.W. Henshaw [Henry W. Henshaw] arrives Fine
Clear & oppressively hot with light
S.W. [southwest] wind.
  Garden birds. 25+ Robins (mostly spotted-
breasted) & a Cedar bird feeding on run
cherries; red Screech Owl in tall ash
mobbed incessantly by host of lesser birds
including Robins, Orioles (1 ad. [adult male], 4 juv [juveniles),
a Jay, a Crow, 2 or more Red-eyes [Red-eyed Vireo],
a young [male] Yellow Warbler, 2 juv. [juvenile male] Black-
throated Green Warblers, several Grackles
& a House Sparrow. Saw a Oven bird
on ground in lilacs, a Swift on wing.
Whenever the garden hose is playing most
of the birds above mentioned assemble
about it to bathe in its fine spray.
Yesterday & today I saw a dozen or
more Robins, besides Warblers etc., thus
employed & greatly enjoying it, evidently.
  After spending forenoon in house & Museum
& having my hair cut at Harvard Square
I motored to Concord with G. [Robert A. Gilbert] (2.30-3.35)
Henry W. Henshaw arrived (from Plymouth
N.H. [Plymouth, New Hampshire]) at 6 P.M. to spend a week here.