Wea. [Weather] Wed. [Wednesday] April 25, 1906 Ther. [Thermometer]
36 [degrees]
52 [degrees]
  Partly clear with strong 
N. [North] wind.
Spotted Sandpiper & Kingfisher arrive.
  Spent A.M. by fire in
wood shed. Parlee at work
on bird boxes & other small
jobs. Wrote letters in P.M.
  Purdie went to Boston in
P.M. to be gone a couple of 
days. He saw a Spotted Sandpiper
at Dakin's Hill this morning.
No birds singing this weather.

Wea. [Weather] Thursday 26 [April 26, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
30 [degrees]
61 [degrees]
Forenoon cloudy & cold;
Afternoon sunny & warm.
[margin]Arrivals noted by Gilbert.[/margin]
Hermit Thrush 1 Birch Field
White-thr. Sparrow [white-throated sparrow] 1 near barn
Chimney Swift 2 heard, Ball's H [Ball's Hill]
  Spent most of day in shed & in
Summer house. Saw a Sh. shin Hawk [sharp-shinned hawk]
chase one of our Phoebes. A Downy
working all day long in its hole in dead
elm branch over the shed. A few Redpoll
& Yellow rump Warblers [yellow-rumped warblers] about.
Edward Emerson & Florence drove down
to see me in P.M.

Wea. [Weather] Fri. [Friday] April 27, 1906 Ther. [Thermometer]
34 [degrees]
71 [degrees]
  Sunny but hazy with
warm S.W. [southwest] wind.
  Brown Thrasher singing in the 
Barrett run at 9 a.m. Arrival.
  Spent most of day with the
carpenters in the rustic summer
house which I think will never
be finished. The knee very bad to-day.
I could hardly walk at all.
Yellow-rump & Yellow Palm Warblers
scattered about the place singing.
Purdie returned at evening bringing the
works of the tall wooden clock.

Wea. [Weather] Saturday 28 [April 28, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
40 [degrees]
62 [degrees]
  Brilliantly clear with
strong N.W. [northwest] wind. 
  Towhee, [male in full song], forsythia bush, 6 A.M.
[margin]Arrival[/margin]
  Spent most of day in house
writing a number of letters & working
on proof. My knee more comfortable
than it was yesterday but very weak.
Purdie [Henry A. Purdie] walked to the river but he
saw no birds. Hylas & Toads in full
cry. Wood Frogs silent for several days.