Concord - E. [East] Boston
Wea. [Weather] TUES. MAY 7, 1901 Ther. [Thermometer]
83 [degrees]
  Clear with light S.E. [Southeast] wind.
Warmest day thus far.
  Arrivals Oven bird 1[in full song], Nashville W. [Nashville Warbler] 1 [in full song],
Yellow Warbler 1 [in full song], Chimney Swift hd. [heard].
A Bald Eagle with white tail soaring over
Ball's Hill at minimum height with a Herring
Gull rising above & swooping down at it
at about 8 A.M.
  Spent A.M. at Ball's Hill. To farm
in P.M. Great increase in numbers
of Creepers & Black thr. Greens [Black-throated Green Warblers] since
yesterday. Vegetation advanced rapidly.
Willows green tonight apple leaves unfolding.
Shad bush nearly in bloom. 
Wea. [Weather] WEDNESDAY 8 [May 8, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
84 [degrees]
  Cloudless with light E. [East] wind.
  Arrivals Chestnut-sided W. [Chestnut-sided Warbler] 3 [in full song], Redstart [ 2 males] [in full song]
Yellow thr. Vireo [Yellow-throated Vireo] 1, Rose br. Grosbeak [Rose-breasted Grosbeak] [female],
Bobolink 2 [males] (one at Ball's Hill, one at Manse)
Spotted Sandpiper 1.
  Just after breakfast walked to Davis's H. [Davis's Hill]
with Purdie. Started for Concord at
2 P.M. sailing up in open canoe. Met
C. [Caroline] at house. With E.R.S. we went to
E. Boston [East Boston] by 4.20 train to Eliza's wedding.
Got back at 11 P.M. & spent night
at Manse.
Wea. [Weather] THUR. [Thursday] MAY 9, 1901 Ther. [Thermometer]
  Precisely like that of yesterday.
  Rose at 6 A.M. & spent an hour walking
about near the Manse. Very many birds.
Arrivals Oriole 1 [in full song], Warbling Vireo 2 [in full song],
Purple Finch 1 [in full song], A [male] Grosbeak singing, also
Creepers, Bobolink, 2 Meadow Larks, Song-
Sparrows etc. A White-bellied Nuthatch in
tree on avenue.
  With C. [Caroline] & E.R.S. drove to farm at 10 A.M.
They left me there & I walked to cabin to
dinner.
Wea. [Weather] FRIDAY 10 [May 10, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudy with heavy showers in P.M. Cool
wind N.E. [Northeast].
  To farm at 9 A.M. Purdie dined 
with me there. In P.M. we drove
Dando to Corlish & had him shoed
by Ortersen. It rained heavily much
of the time & we saw few birds.
At Ball's Hill I saw a Kingbird
& a Wilsons Thrush, both arrivals.
O. A. Lothrop came in late P.M.
& spent the night.