Wea. [Weather] Mon. [Monday] May 7, 1906 Ther. [Thermometer]
47 [degrees] 
63 [degrees]
  Early morn. [morning] rainy. Rest of
day cloudy, clearing at sunset. 
Blackburnian War. [Blackburnian warbler] [male] in elms near house. Arrival.
  Spent most of day in house
writing letters. Walked to Ritchie place
at 9 A.M. & to Prescott's pines & across
Green Field in P.M. when on our return
Purdie [Henry A. Purdie]  & I found a Partridge nest
with 8 eggs. His Vesper Sparrows in Green 
Field had 3 eggs. Will Stone left
us this morning & returned to Boston.

Wea. [Weather] Tuesday 8 [May 8, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
44 [degrees]
62 [degrees]
  Clear & cool with fresh
N.W. [northwest] wind.
  Wilson's Thrush 1, silent, Birch Field arrival
8 Bats in shed to-day. Pair of
Nuthatches clear out hole in oak
behind barn. Phoebe on nest under
eaves of barn. Downy still at work
on nest in elm.
  Spent most of day with the 
carpenters. They put up arches in
wood shed. Walked to Ritchie place
with Purdie in A.M., to Prescott's
pines alone in P.M. Purdie [Henry A. Purdie] 
went to Boston for the night. 

Wea. [Weather] Wed. [Wednesday] May 9, 1906 Ther. [Thermometer] 
39 [degrees] 
67 [degrees]
  Cloudy with showers in P.M.
Violent S.W. [southwest] wind.
  Walked to Ritchie place after breakfast
and to the River, via Birch Field &
Prescotts pines, in late P.M. Spent
most of day in wood shed watching
the carpenters. It was a disagreeable
day out of doors & an unfavorable one
for observing birds of which I saw very
few. Shad bush in full bloom, also cherry
tree. Apple buds showing rosy red & about
ready to open.

Wea. [Weather] Thursday 10 [May 10, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
40 [degrees] 
56 [degrees]
  Clear with high cold N.W. [northwest] wind.
  Spent most of day in wood shed
with the carpenters. Walked to
Richie [Ritchie] place after breakfast and
to Birch Field at 4 P.M. Came back
through the oak & pine woods bordering
the road to Bensen's. Saw there a 
[female] Broad-wing Hawk. It was in an oak
& so tame that I got directly under it. it
gave the Kikden note each time I moved.
I saw what I think is its nest in a pine. 
No arrivals yesterday or to-day.
Purdie [Henry A. Purdie] returned from Boston to-night.