Concord.
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday Sept. 19, 1918 [September 19, 1918] Wea [Weather]
Fine
  Early morn densely cloudy & foggy.
After 10 A.M. bright sunshine, soft
southerly wind & almost midsummer
warmth - especially enjoyed by
Butterflies & Dragonflies innumerable
floating & skimming hither & thither
over flower beds & field. One Cicada
heard.
  Bird life scantier than ever. Jays,
Chippies [Chipping Sparrows] & Catbirds the only plentiful
species. A single Towhee & Indigo bird,
3 Cedar birds an unidentified Warbler
that chirped like D. virens [Dendroica virens] & a few 
Crows complete the list of birds
noted about the farm. There was
one other a Flicker that had 
gone to roost within our old barn
whence I startled him at evening.
  Spent most of day working 
on Museum report - a trifling
task yet one difficult for me to
accomplish satisfactorily. Also picked
strawberries & raspberries. Good news
from C. [Caroline Brewster] She is up again & yesterday 
looked across the street & at the sunset.

Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Sept. 20, 1918 [September 20, 1918] Wea [Weather]
Stormy
Dark cloudy & very misty for most part 
but with occasional brief gleams of
sunshine between drenching showers
which followed one another closely
driving before a strong, warm S.W. [southwest] wind.
The total rainfall must have been
considerable & everything is water soaked.
  Almost no birds save Cat birds,
Chippies [Chipping Sparrows], Towhees, Jays and Crows, all
of which were to be seen or heard
more or less numerously not far
from the house. Besides these species
I noted only one other, the Hummingbird
of which a white-throated example
came to our flower beds, visiting
especially Salvias & Nasturtiums.
  Poison ivy beginning to show red
leaves & one maple across road wholly
aflame with that color.
  Two Tree Toads in big lightning blasted
oak behind barn cut down by Zeph
yesterday. One remained in hole (50 feet
up) & clung to it when tree fell. He was
still in it this morning & quite unhurt.
  Spent most of day in house working
on Museum Rep. [Museum Report] & finishing it. 