Concord - Boston.
Wea. [Weather] FRI. [Friday] MARCH 27, 1908 Ther. [Thermometer] 
70 [degrees] max [maximum]
Sunny most of day; calm; very warm
  Purdie, Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] & I took 8.09
train from Concord to Arlington.
Gilbert & I spent about an hour
at Museum. 4 Fox Sparrows, a Song
Sparrow, a Tree Sparrow & 2 Robins in Garden.
New tower room roofed & shingled.
Peirce has finished patching lindens.
  Went in town at 11.30. Mackintire
& I visited Safety vaults. Saw Harry C.
there. Gilbert & I returned to Concord
by 1.51 train. Walked through Berry
pasture at evening. Lots of birds about.

Wea. [Weather] SATURDAY 28 [March 28, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Forenoon cloudy; light rain at noon;
Afternoon sunny. Very warm all day.
  Spent forenoon with Pat clearing
up & burning brush along new road
south of peach orchard. Worked
near house after dinner. At 4 P.M.
went to swamp below orchard. One
Hyla peeping feebly & hundreds of
Wood Frogs croaking & at their amours
in pond more than half covered with
ice. First Tree Swallow. A Phoebe
singing near house 2 P.M. Fox Sparrow
in full song 10 A.M.
[margin]Arrival - Tree Swallow[/margin]

Concord
Wea. [Weather] SUN. [Sunday] MARCH 29, 1908 Ther. [Thermometer]
Cloudy with N.E. [northeast] wind and light,
steady rain from 9 A.M. to 3 P.M.
  Sam Henshaw & his friends Mr. & Mrs.
Thomas Barbour came last evening to
spend Sunday here. We started for a
walk after breakfast but were driven
back by the rain & spent forenoon in
the parlor talking. At 3.30 P.M. we
started out again & walked to Ball's Hill
where we spent an hour by an open fire
in the old cabin. Visited Davis Hill on
way back. Full chorus of Hylas in Davis
Swamp at 5 P.M.

Wea. [Weather] MONDAY 30 [March 30, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Brilliantly clear with strong N.W. [northwest]
wind. Cooler. Ground frozen at sunrise
  Henshaw & the Barbours left me 
this morning. I spent the whole
day working with Pat on the
new road near the peach orchard.
We cut down & burnt a lot of brush.
Wood Frogs croaking nearly all day
& many Hylas peeping at sunset.
Heard a Dove cooing for first time
this evening in woods W. [west] of our
Berry Pasture.
[margin]Carolina Dove arriving[/margin]