Cambridge - Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Aug. 30, 1918 [August 30, 1918] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear & cool with light variable
winds.
  In Cambridge Garden a Red-eyed
Vireo uttering, listlessly, a few song 
notes, about 10 A.M., was the only
bird of any kind that I could see
or hear this forenoon.
At the Concord farm I noted
only a Song Sparrow, a Catbird,
a Hummingbird (white-throated) &
an Olive-backed Thrush (heard
calling at evening in Forsythia
thicket front of house.
  Spent part of forenoon in Museum,
writing letters & cheques. Also sat
with C. [Caroline Brewster] in her chamber for about
an hour, seeing her again for a few
minutes just before starting for
Concord at 2.25 P.M. Gilbert & I 
went by the usual Arlington, Lex [Lexington],
Bedford route & reached Farm at 3.40.
Picked strawberries & strolled about
until supper time.

Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Aug. 31, 1918 [August 31, 1918] Wea [Weather]
Dull
Forenoon cloudy & misty. Sun shining
1-4 P.M. After that a succession of
brief showers. Cool easterly wind all day.
  My observation of birds limited to
those appearing close about our house,
which were as follows; 2 Catbirds,
3 Song Sparrows and 4 Towhees in or near
millet, rear of bird bath; a white thr. [white-throated]
Hummingbird at Salvia blossoms &
driven thence by a big Dragon Fly
which he seemed much afraid of;
2 Cedar birds on wing; a brood of
young Goldfinches on wing, following a
parent bird, with incessant plaintive
calling; 4 Robins eating rum cherries;
Crows cawing far & near.
My forenoon spent in flower garden
with George, digging up & transplanting 
various things. Gilbert motored to
Cambridge with strawberries for C. [Caroline Brewster] &
a lot of Phlox for Percy to set out in
our garden. I cooked & ate a solitary
dinner. In P.M. picked a pint of
strawberries & another of raspberries.