Concord.
Wea. [Weather] Mon. [Monday] April 29, 1901 Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudless dead calm all day, oppressively
warmer (ther. [thermometer] probably about 80 [degrees].)
  Dr. Gehring left by 9.45 A.M. train.
Before this we strolled about on the
Hill. I went to farm via Davis's Hill
(9.30 - 11.00 A.M.) A Yellow Palm W. [Palm Warbler]
& [and] Ruby-Crown at Ball's Hill. A
Dove cooing near Pulpit Rock. One
Leopard Frog, the first.
  Took 12.35 noon train for Cambridge
where I saw C. [Caroline] & [and] E.R.S. [Elizabeth Simmons]. Returned by
5.01 P.M. train from Arlington.
Wea [Weather] Tuesday 30 [April 30, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudy with frequent light showers. Cooler.
Wind N.E. [northeast] to S.W. [southwest].
  To the Farm at 8 A.M. Spent the day
there overseeing the men. There were
six of them at work. The foundation
wall for foreman's house is nearly completed.
Saw or heard near the house Robins, Bluebirds,
2 Field Sparrows, a Chippy, a Yellow rump
a Downy, a Flicker, Crows, Jays etc.
  Found a Cotton-tail Rabbit concealed under
the forsythia bush in front of [?].
Went & [and] returned part way by canoe via
Dakin's Hill.
Concord.
Wea. [Weather] Wed. [Wednesday] May 1, 1901 Ther. [Thermometer]
  Brilliantly clear with light S.E. [southeast] to
S.W. [southwest] winds.
  Spent day at farm walking both
ways. Made a road way into the new house. Pat worked on the
flower garden. The masons were 
finishing the underpinning of the house.
Birds singing freely. Only arrival
noted was the Bank Swallow.
Gilbert drove [?] up from
Cambridge in P.M.
Wea. [Weather] Thursday 2 [May 2, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear to 7 A.M. afterwards cloudy
with frequent heavy showers. Wind
S.W. [southwest] to W. [west]. Very cool.
  Spent day at farm superintending
the men. We were repeatedly interrupted
by the rain & [and] made poor progress.
Walked both ways. Saw a good many
birds. Arrivals Mniotilta varia 2 [males] [in full song],
Har. rufus [Harporrhynchus rufus] 1 [in full song], Pipilo 1 [in full song].