Concord.
Wea. [Weather] MON. [Monday] APRIL 20, 1908 Ther. [Thermometer]
Early morning sunny & calm. Rest
of day cloudy & bitterly cold with
strong W. [West] wind & frequent snow squalls.
  Worked with Pat all day,
about the wild flower gardens
& the pond in forenoon, in
Birch Field in afternoon. We
raked leaves, picked up dead
sticks & tidied up generally
besides planting a few things.
Very few birds & those mostly silent
after 8 A.M.

Wea. [Weather] TUESDAY 21 [April 21, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
18 [degrees] at 5 A.M.
Clear & cold with raging N.W. [northwest] wind.
Ground hard frozen & ponds skimmed over.
  Spent day at Ball's Hill. James 
& Gilbert finished painting cabin roofs.
Pat & I raked, cut brush & transplanted
a few laurels. The wind terrific at
times & the river covered with white caps.
Saw a good many birds in sheltered
places, but heard only two - a Song
Sparrow & a Ruby-crown - sing. It
is strange enough to have this weather
so cold & the woods & fields so silent.
  Walked down via Davis Hill & back over
Holden Hill.

Concord.
Wea. [Weather] WED. [Wednesday] APRIL 22, 1908 Ther. [Thermometer]
30 [degrees] 
55 [degrees]
Clear with strong W. [west] wind
Much warmer.
  Spent the day working in the
lane and new wood road with Pat.
We did a variety of things, grading,
sodding sifting earth for flower beds etc.
A Partridge drumming near us for hours
- on the wall in the Barrett Run. 
  At evening I strolled through
Birch Field to Bensen's where I dug
a bag of Viola pedata & Silene penn. [Silene caroliniana ssp. pensylvanica]
A Robin in full song at sunset. Heard
nothing else.

Wea. [Weather] THURSDAY 23 [April 23, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
85 [degrees] at 2 P.M.
Sunny & hot with S.W. [southwest] wind
Thunder showers in distance at evening.
  Spent day with Pat planting things
about the pond. Lots of fish rising &
one a young Shiner lying dead on shore.
Saw a Newt swimming in the pond.
  Birds singing freely. Noted for first time
3 White-throated Sparrows, a Chippy, a
Purple Finch, a Broad-wing Hawk, a Night 
Heron. The last heard flying over Ritchie pl. [Ritchie place]
at 7 P.M. A little earlier heard two
Foxes barking west of Berry Pasture.
Forsythias in bloom. First Toad trills.