Thursday, May 30, 1867.
  Cloudy all day. Rained
pretty hard in the P.M.
Ther. about 54[degrees] - 62[degrees] - 55[degrees].
Rose at 3 A.M. to go shooting
but fell asleep and slept
till 6 A.M. Then rose and
went up to 'the pond' but
did not fire at anything. Saw a
green heron & a common rail.
Founds a red wing's with three.
Got home at 8 A.M. Then
shot a pair of blackburnian warblers
but spoilt one. Spent the time before
breakfast in stuffing the blk. warbler
and the brown thrush shot
Tuesday Rode down to E. Dodge's
in the P.M. When I got home
went up to R. Deane's and got
home at 7 P.M. Went to bed at
9 P.M.
Friday, May 31, 1867.
  Cloudy all A.M. Clear most
of P.M. but the sky was
covered in white drifting clouds.
Ther. about 55[degrees] - 68[degrees] - 60[degrees]. Rose
at 3 A.M. and went up to Concord
with E. Dodge. Shot an olive sided flycat.
and a female night hawk. Got a barn
swallow's eggs. Saw a bay breast warbler. Jack
treed a gray squirrel. Saw a blk. & white
creeper & a king bird building. Went to the
hawk's nest but found it deserted.
Saw Dan at Concord. Rode home
in the 1.30 getting to the house at 3 P.M.
Spent the P.M. in stuffing the
olive sided flycatcher. R. Deane
came down in the latter part.
Meadow lark's found with one.
Four of my chickens killed
last night. Went to bed at 9 P.M.
R. brest. grosbeak's found with one