Concord Cambridge
Wea. [Weather] Mon. [Monday] April 1, 1901 Ther. [Thermometer] 
  Largely cloudy with strong N. [north] wind
  Spent A.M.with Pat & Ellison at
the new cabin planning for the
inside finish and preparing a flower
bed on the sides of the door.
  Went to the farm in P.M. padelling [paddling]
down river and landing below Davis's Hill
walking thence through the woods. The
men had nearly finished digging the
cellar for the farmer's house. 
Sailed back from Davis's Hill.
Walked to Pine Point & Larch spring at sunset.
Wea. [Weather] Tuesday 2 [April 2, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
40 [degrees] 8 A.M.
  A.M. cloudy with fine rain.
  P.M. sunny but hazy.
  Crossed river at 7.30 A.M. & picked out some
trees for cutting. About a dozen Fox Sparrows, &
as many more Tree Sparrows in willows on 
edge of field, most of them singing. I have
rarely heard anything finer.
  Took 8.13 train. Left electric at Watertower
St. & walked through Follen & Berkeley Sts
seeing many Crows, Blackbirds. Heard [male] Song
Sparrows in full song in the Wynnum Yard
Craigie St. Spent A.M. writing. Dick [?]
gardening in P.M. Frank [?] called at 8.30 P.M.
Cambridge
Wea. [Weather] Wed. [Wednesday] April 3, 1901 Ther. [Thermometer]
40 [degrees] 8 A.M.
  Cloudy with intermittent rain.
  Steady and very heavy in P.M.
  Took a walk just after breakfast. Saw a
Brown Creeper on a sidewalk maple in
Berkeley St. It sang twice in full tone.
Grackles flying about everywhere. Robins
in several places but are not numerous
in Cambridge as yet. Called on Mrs. Bolles
who told me the Grackles began nesting in their
pines in either 1894 or 1895. They came about
thrice a year or two earlier. She showed me
an interesting letter from Lowell to Frank Bolles.
spent A.M. writing on Cambridge Birds., P.M.
working up copies for A.O.U. [American Ornithologists Union] committee.
Wea. [Weather] Thursday 4 [April 4, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
42 [degrees] 7.30 A.M.
  Cloudy with light rain.
  Took a walk with C.[Caroline] just after
breakfast, to Elmwood, thence through
Larch St. nearly to Fresh Pond &
back over the same route. Saw
12 species of birds not including Eng.
Sparrows [English Sparrows]. Among them were 3 pairs
of bluebirds, a pair of Wh. br. Nuthatches [White-breasted Nuthatches], 
3 Song Sparrows, 5 Tree Sparrows, a
Meadow Lark etc. Spent A.M.
writing the Conn. Warbler [Connecticut Warbler] for Camb. [Cambridge]
Bird. Wrote letters in P.M.
J.C. Melvin came to tea & spent evening.