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2. Characteristics — More birds, soft maple, box elder, rose 

 bushes, willows and mountain ash opened leaves. 



Cotton wood and white poplar, and flowering currant, 

 wild cherry, and box elder in blossom. More wild flowers. 

 A few birds making nests. 

 Week ending May 4. 



1. Weather — Hot and windy, rain Friday night. 



2. Characteristics — Trees rapidly turned green. Birds be- 



ginning to nest. More wild flowers. 

 Week ending May 11. 



1. Weather — first part cloudy and cold, last part sunny, but 



still cold. 



2. Characteristics: 



a More compact appearance of leafing of trees. Swell- 

 ing of buds on four or five of the slower trees. 

 b Blossoming of a few shrubs. 

 c Nesting of birds, 

 d Return of many birds, 

 e More insects seen, 

 f Opening of many wild flowers. 



g Seed formation on trees of earlier blossoming 

 varieties. 

 Week ending May 18. 



1. Weather — cold and rainy for most part. 



2. Characteristics — Few late trees bursting buds. Some 



blossoming. Most birds nesting. Some returning still. 

 End of early spring flowers. 

 Week ending May 2j. 



1 . Weather — Cool and rainy. 



2. Characteristics — Leaves on late trees as coffee tree, catalpa 



and rock elm. Many warblers not seen before. 

 Week ending June i. 



1. Weather — Very hot. 



2. Characteristics — ^AU trees leafed out. Mountain ash 



blossoms all dead. A few trees blosson^ing. Mosqui- 

 toes, gnats, etc., plentiful. 



