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Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Aug. 24, 1918 [August 24, 1918] Wea [Weather]
Dull.
Sun partly, at times wholly, obscured by
thin clouds or dense haze. Oppressively hot
& humid with light S.W. [southwest] wind. Sharp
but brief thunder shower at 6 P.M.
  Birds of almost every kind apparently
scarce or wanting. None came to the
bird bath despite the intense heat.
I heard 2 Towhees calling in the millet,
a Chickadee near house, Crows not far off.
Saw 3 Robins & a Barn Swallow on
wing. A Catbird in dooryard thickets
where the elder berries are now abundant
& almost ripe.
Henry [Henry W. Henshaw] & I spent most of day in
house, talking, but we strolled down 
to the Ritchie place in forenoon,
finding there a splendid field of
yellow corn that promises an
abundant harvest. Our rye has
been threshed, yielding about
25 bushels.

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Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, Aug. 25, 1918 [August 25, 1918] Wea [Weather]
74 [degrees] max Fair
Mostly sunny but very hazy with
little or no wind & such excessive
humidity that it seemed much hotter
than the mercury would testify.
  Bird life in & about our Farm is
at low ebb & in many places almost
non existent. A Song Sparrow was
the only bird of any kind seen in 
or near the bird bath & during a 
leisurely stroll through Berry Pasture 
at sunset Henry & I could find
nothing but a Cat bird & a Red-eye [Red-eyed Vireo]
At that hour we saw 7 Swifts,
accompanied by 2 Barn Swallows,
migrating south in scattered order
high above the tallest trees. One of the
Swallows passed & soon distanced a
Swift that seemed doing his best.
  Shortly after breakfast Henry [Henry W. Henshaw] & I,
with Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert], motored to Carlisle to
see [?] with whom & his boys we
spent half an hour looking at crops,
chickens etc. In late P.M. we called
on the Howes, seeing Mr & Miss H. & [?]